Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State and endorse everything that she said about the Atlantic Philanthropies and Mr. Feeney. I welcome her endorsement of the Community Action on Dementia in Mayo project which she stated had done everything exceptionally well. It has broken every boundary in what it set out to do. As such, it is important that it be continued. A gifted range of people are working on the project but they do not know whether they will have employment on 1 January. One hundred families have grown to depend on this project for their loved ones to live with them or in their communities, but they do not know where they will stand on 1 January.

I understand that, of the four projects, the one in south Tipperary has been given an indication of funding for 2016. If families in Tipperary are worthy of that indication, the families and people involved in the project in Mayo are equally as worthy.

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