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

I am so disappointed by this reply. We are 14 months on. This has gone to tender but the HSE will not say where the site is. The least officials could do is tell the people of Carlow-Kilkenny where it is. Everything is top secret, which is unacceptable. The Holy Angels accommodation is in prefabs. A new school was promised five years ago with a €5 million contract. The reason €140,000 was allocated last year was to fix leaks in the roof and because it was unfit for purpose. This is unacceptable. No respite service is available and we still do not know where the centre will be located. We are still waiting on the tender. The HSE and the Department have a duty to tell those who avail of the service where it will be provided. July is another five months away, which means it will be 18 months since the centre closed. The tender will come back to the Minister of State and the health board over the next two weeks. Parents should be told where the tender is for. We have been told the tender has been going on for six months. Will the Minister of State clarify where the tender is for?