Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding palliative care provision in south Tipperary and the south east, I am told there are two clinical nurse co-ordinators for children with life-limiting conditions in the south east. They support the provision of safe care in the home. They are working to ensure a care plan based on patient need is in place in each case. However, there is something amiss here. We need a sustainable long-term solution for the provision of paediatric palliative care services in south east. I am told that is under development and that a multi-agency approach will be adopted. As a Deputy has very correctly and articulately pointed out, some things may be able to wait, but this is not the kind of thing that can wait. I am keen to convene that meeting as soon as I can in the Department of the Taoiseach to find out what the problem really is and fix it as soon as we can.

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