Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To be fair, the Minister of State is very accessible and I have no doubt she will facilitate a meeting, so if the Deputy wants to make contact with the Minister of State directly or through me, I have no problem in assisting with that and the case for core funding can be made by the organisation. I take the opportunity to thank all of the disability service providers in the country for the work they do, be they section 38 or section 39 organisations or neither of these.

We are very anxious to support them. The first step is to set up a meeting.

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