Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I refer the Taoiseach to page 57 of the programme for Government which states,"We will ensure appropriate care pathways... including the provision of hospice and 'end of life care' during the perinatal period, infancy, childhood and adulthood." That is a commitment to provide end-of-life care to children and babies. People outside this Chamber who watch the proceedings in here are heartbroken because they must take their children from the west and the south east to Dublin when they are sick, and those children must go home to be buried. They cannot get access to end-of-life care. The Taoiseach gave a commitment in the programme for Government. The people to whom I refer will be happy to meet him to outline what they need. We know there is a report. We know that the work has been done. Could the Taoiseach please give them some hope?

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