Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Page 70 of A Programme for a Partnership Government states the Government is committed to increasing supports for people with disabilities. The current chronic lack of home care packages and the level of respite care for people with disabilities is shameful. I spoke to many people who attended the recent protest outside the gates of the Dáil to plead for an increase in home supports, home care packages and respite care. People in counties Laois and Offaly are frustrated at the lack of home care packages and respite care. The progress made since the publication of the national carers' strategy in 2012 has been dismal. Will the number of home care hours be increased?

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