Martin Ferris (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On 6 December, the parents of four adults with intellectual and physical disabilities met the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, at Leinster House. The outcome of the meeting was to set a date for a follow-up meeting by the end of January. I have spoken to the Minister of State since and he hopes to have the meeting by the end of February. It relates to finding a full-time residential centre for these four intellectually and physically disabled adults. Their ages are 39, 45, 37 and 37 respectively and their parents are in their late 60s and early 70s. Funding for a residential centre is badly needed to allow their parents, as they come to the end of their lives, to be secure in the knowledge that their loved ones are being looked after.

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