Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health and Children to intervene immediately to reverse the savage cuts being imposed by the Health Service Executive on services for people with disabilities, including severely intellectually disabled children, which are resulting in the termination or drastic curtailment of already limited respite and day care, the laying off of staff, which will lead to the re-institutionalisation of disabled people, and great distress to people with disabilities and their carers and families.

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