Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of parents and guardians in regard to respite care facilities and the apparently new policy of transferring long-term residents into smaller unfamiliar venues and homes which causes upset and in some cases health problems to the person with disabilities; why parents and guardians have not been consulted on this, given the vulnerability of persons with a disability; why there is a need to transfer residents who have for many years been cared for safely in the same familiar setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/16]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE). Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.