Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise a really important issue for many people, particularly those with disabilities, which is the need to find a way to reopen the hydrotherapy pool in Cregg House, Sligo. Pre-Covid, this hydrotherapy pool was utilised full time but it closed at the beginning of Covid and never reopened. In the meantime, Cregg House was sold but the new owner has indicated that he would have no problem in coming to an arrangement with the HSE to use the pool. We urgently need to put such an arrangement in place. I have been contacted by many constituents, again and again, who are asking that this hydrotherapy pool be reopened for people, especially those with severe disabilities. The hydrotherapy pool in Cregg House was a lifeline. The service that was in place is now gone and, to be honest, the people affected feel abandoned. I ask the Minister to contact the Minister for Health and ask him to speak to the HSE about the need to reopen this pool.

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