Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the programme for Government, is the Taoiseach aware of the crisis with regard to the lack of respite facilities? We have situations where people of 70 and 80 years of age are taking care of young adults, whom they are trying to mind at home? They are desperately in need of respite but do not have it available to them. It is an awful situation and it is not just in my constituency, but in everybody's constituency. More resources need to be put into providing respite so these elderly people can take a bit of a break and a rest from caring for their loved ones.

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