Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

At the risk of making the Minister for Health repeat himself, I also want to ask about community neurorehabilitation. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland, NAI, and a number of clinical leads in stroke, neurology, dementia care and neurorehabilitation have just spent the past hour and a half in the audiovisual room advocating for community neurorehabilitation. They did so does so because of the proven benefits the latter has for people who are recovering from brain injury or stroke and for the benefits it has for the patients with Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis. The Minister kindly gave of his time this morning to meet me and representatives of the NAI. He is fully behind the model of care in the community in respect of neurological issues. When will community neurological care be rolled out into the other health regions throughout Ireland? Funding has been sanctioned for the appointment in the Cork area of three advanced nurses specialising in Parkinson's and Huntington's. When will these positions be filled?

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