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

I draw the Government's attention to the inability of people with intellectual disabilities to get respite care throughout the country, not least in County Cork. They seek respite care throughout the year, whereas some people have been given only two or three weekends in the course of 2019. There was a commitment for more money to be invested in respite care in 2019 but it has not been shown to families who urgently need respite care. Is there a commitment from the Government to ensuring that more respite care will be made available in 2020? There is a chronic need for it among all the service providers in County Cork and throughout the country.

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