Seanad debates

Thursday, 9 October 2025

Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters

Care Services

2:00 am

Teresa Costello (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his response. A really important part of meeting the needs is very good communication with the parents. They are going to be handing their child over for care when they are not there. I want people to be able to die in peace - I know it sounds dramatic - and to feel that their child, whom they have cared for all their lives, will be cared for in a loving, safe, high-standard environment in an area to which those people feel their children are connected. It will have to be very trust-based, working with people with the lived experience because they are the people who really know the ins and outs of it and they are the people who will direct us best in what they need and what is best for those children.

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