Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy will be aware, the Government is heavily invested in and strongly supportive of the palliative care movement and hospices right across the country. Hospice care is one of the best things that is happening in healthcare in Ireland. A new community nursing unit is being built in Clonmel and it will include dedicated palliative care beds. There will be more than one bed; so far, there are two. A draft national palliative care strategy has been developed. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and I are working closely together to make sure palliative care beds are available not just in the Deputy's area, where they are, of course, needed, but right across the country.

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