Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Respite services are available in certain cases. Those services have not stopped completely. For example, I dealt with a case in Galway last week concerning respite. I also dealt personally with another case in Waterford where the person concerned had to have home adaptations and respite was provided for two weeks. Therefore, respite is still available, but on a case-by-case basis. The Deputy can come back to me on this issue.

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