Mark Wall (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that she is not with the relevant Department. I also appreciate the response she gave. She hit on one point I would like to take up, namely, the families affected. This is one of the areas that Willow would like to explore more. One of the reasons we went to a new premises was to accommodate families and bring them in for the care that is needed at this time, and rightly so, as the Minister of State said. The Minister of State indicated that the board of Willow needs to go back to the HSE. We will do that. I hope the Minister of State will also put a word in following our conversation today. The most important thing I can say is that Athy needs Willow and Willow needs Athy. We need to keep its doors open. The couple of weeks we have left need to be extended. Even if we had another award of temporary funding, which the Minister of State mentioned previously - and all money has been very well spent - it would be much appreciated. I would be grateful if the Minister of State brought that back to the Minister and I appreciate her turning up today.