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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Carers are unsung heroes. In my constituency in west Cork, I deal with them every day. When there is a lack of respite facilities, the fatigue they go through as a result is unreal. The Minister is aware that what is happening in west Cork is happening throughout the country. All carers feel the same fatigue, the same hurt and the same sense of helplessness. I am sure the Minister read...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: Not only do I see the need, I am determined we address it. We will provide 19,000 extra respite care nights this year. That is a large increase and has been welcomed by carers. However, they want to see the houses open and so do I. These houses will start to come on stream. We hope to be able to announce locations and target opening dates for all these houses in the coming weeks....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It is important to point out that a one-size-fits-all approach does not work for carers. What one carer may need might be different from what another may need. It is important we do not make suggestions that would lead to such an approach. Each person and each family have to be taken for their own case. In February, a reply to a parliamentary question I received indicated that 40 beds...