Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputy Smith for raising this issue. It is something that has been raised in the House and it is an issue that has been causing concern over the past number of months. Regrettably, day services recently ceased due to staffing shortages. That has caused a lot of distress to service users, their families and the Irish Wheelchair Association personnel at local level. The service ceased in April and my understanding is that, in August, the service began resumption on a phased basis following a successful recruitment drive. I will raise this again with the HSE. I understand it was a collaboration between the HSE and the IWA in respect of the business case for long-term support requirements, and that an outcome of this was imminent.

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