Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Page 45 the programme for Government details the importance of primary and community care as being at the heart of Sláintecare.

Little baby Jacob from Wellingtonbridge was born in February of this year with complex medical needs and requires 24-hour nursing care. Jacob has undergone three heart surgeries this year and his family are now at breaking point. His parents are struggling to care for him. After five months, Jacob was approved for HSE night nursing but he is now nine months old and none has materialised. The HSE has offered various excuses but no care has been put in place. Will the Minister and his Government stand by their commitments in the programme for Government and will someone, please, take responsibility and deliver on the care? This family has five other children.

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