Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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173. To ask the Minister for Health when day centre provision will be restored to pre-Covid levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61382/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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174. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 19 October 2022, the number of respite beds currently operational in Galway city and county; the locations of same; the timeline for when respite provision in Galway city and county will be restored to pre-pandemic levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61383/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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175. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 19 October 2022, for an update on any engagement she has had with the HSE with regard to the relocation since September 2022 of day care services from St Brendan’s community nursing unit, CNU, in Loughrea to a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61384/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Deputy for her question.

Having engaged in writing with the HSE, I was informed that day-care services commenced operating from the Loughrea Spa Hotel on Monday 26 September in accordance with the commitments given by the HSE that the service would be operational by end September 2022. The service is currently operating Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and has capacity for 24 attendees. The initial agreement is for six months until March 2023. In addition, the Day service within the Seven Springs Centre in the CNU building will continue to operate weekly on a Wednesday and accommodates 14 people each week.

The HSE have a proposed plan on the Loughrea campus to develop a Day Service and they are in consultation with HSE Estates to have a solution in place. The development of an Older Person’s Day service is supported by funding from the Toppings Trust which the HSE are delighted to have received.