Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the west, we have care homes such as the community care home in Carrick-on-Shannon, Áras Mhuire in Tuam and, above all, the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon which passed an inspection with flying colours in terms of the care provided by staff. Residents are happy in the home. People in Roscommon suffered a blow when the accident and emergency unit of the local hospital was closed. Politics should not be a game of leaving an elderly person of 80 or 90 years wondering whether money will be provided to allow him or her to stay in a nursing home.

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