Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I could not agree more with the Deputy. The joining up of posts we are putting into the community provides that sort of interconnection between primary teams and community intervention teams. I have first-hand experience showing that when strokes are treated quickly and in the correct location, the outcome can be as though the stroke had never occurred. It is incredible. I credit the last Government and ourselves for identifying that system and making it work.

I was hugely impressed recently by a normal gym that had equipment everyone could use for balance and muscle capacity in terms of stroke. The general population also uses that gym. It was not a matter of having different equipment, but equipment that could be used by both able-bodied people and those who need additional help. We are on the right track but we need to do more.

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