Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

HIQA has no remit over day care centres. Why has somebody decided that the existing Seven Springs site is suitable one day a week? If it is suitable on Wednesday, why is it not suitable on Tuesday, Monday or Thursday? What is the logic in this? As I understand it, there are capacity issues in the nursing home and the people who are using the day service have been moved out to facilitate that. Administrative staff are now using the day centre and that is not good enough. The HSE is talking about providing an alternative site within the St. Brendan's campus. How long will that take? When will a proper service be up and running?

There is also an attitude issue. Some of the HSE replies to a local councillor, Geraldine Donohue, who raised the issue, suggested that what patients had been getting was a very enhanced service, as if to say they should now get less and be thankful to be getting it.

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