Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A reply to a parliamentary question which we submitted states that, from 2017 to quarter 2 of 2018, service hours have gone down. I am interested to hear that the Department is fully committed and the reply we received stated that there were targeted actions to improve supply. However, there is no mention of Cork or of Kerry - it is Dublin, Dublin, Dublin. It seems to me to be an alternative plan. The reply states that the provision of residential respite services has come under increased pressure in recent years. It does not say weeks or days but years, so the Department has known about it for some time. We are getting the same answers over and over again but why is nothing being done? The services are being cut but the demand is increasing.

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