Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am going back to the issue of day care centres and respite care, and this matter is for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I welcome that progress is being made on this issue, but I cannot understand how quicker progress cannot be made a year and two months after a pandemic was declared. The Minister of State knows the facts and figures on the ground. The vaccination programme has been rolled out. Can we have more specifics regarding day centres and particularly regarding respite care? I reiterate that I do not think it is my role to go to a Minister about a specific case but I will have to, even though I do not want to, because everyone should be treated the same. People are going under in caring roles with no respite. Briefly, when is it envisaged that we will have respite care and day centres restored?

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