Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I am aware of a case of an elderly lady who lived in a small terraced house, a former council home, valued at €150,000, which is not a lot of money in today's terms. Her family live in other parts of the country and outside the country and that home was where they came when they visited. The mother, who was in a nursing home, could not get a subvention and her children had to sell the home and dispose of their mother's effects while she was still alive. For them the trauma was like dealing with their mother's death before she had died. From their coming home until the time of her funeral, there was nowhere to wake her or gather to share their memories of her. Is the Minister of State open to a more caring and humane approach in such cases?

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