Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I request the adjournment of the Dail under standing Order 32 to discuss an urgent matter of public importance, namely, the closure of a residential bungalow unit at Áras Attracta disability services, Swinford, County Mayo. Áras Attracta was set up 22 years ago and has 116 high-dependency residents, all with different level of disabilities. The unit that is closing was home to ten people with an intellectual disability and is the second such bungalow to be closed at Áras Attracta in the past 14 months. Its closure will lead to overcrowding and a return to the use of bedroom sharing which is a breach of HIQA's standards and regulations. I appeal to the Minister to reverse this decision immediately.

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