Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 July 2010

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32

 

10:30 am

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, to call on the Minister for Heath and Children - who is in the House - and on the Taoiseach to make an announcement before the House here today that the respite services for intellectually disabled adults at Clonisle, Caherdavin, Limerick, run by the Brothers of Charity, Bawnmore, will be reopened with immediate effect to provide the vital necessary respite services to the 63 individuals and families who have been put through three weeks of extreme hell and anxiety with the loss of this vital service, at a cost of just €150,000. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, for coming before the House last night. However, what we want is a commitment from the Government today that this respite service will be reopened. Elderly people came to Dublin yesterday about this issue. I would like to hear what the Minister for Health and Children has to say.

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