Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last year, right up to when the HSE plan was put in place, the Government kept telling us that additional funding would be available for respite care and for the shared care option, especially for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. There is little or no respite care available; there are only one or two days available in a 12-month period. It is shocking. We need to focus and make sure there is adequate respite care put in place. With the HSE service plan being negotiated currently and about to be launched, will adequate funding be provided to cover the respite care that is needed and that has been lacking for the past two years?

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