Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We need to get answers. I am very disheartened. As a first-time Senator, I can approach a Minister and outline the issues in my area that require attention or funding. I have been a councillor for 20 years and I understand that one must wait, that there are protocols in place and everything cannot be done overnight but there has been no respite service for children in Carlow for more than a year since the closure of Tír na nÓg, which is totally unacceptable.

I am very unhappy and will take this further. I will seek an overhaul of the entire process because it is unacceptable.