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Dáil
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St Christopher’s care centre funding

Summary

Robert Troy warns that funding cuts could close two community houses at St Christopher’s Care Centre, affecting more than 20 residents with intellectual disabilities. The Taoiseach says he lacks the details but will alert the Health Minister and suggests a parliamentary question or Topical Issue.

The centre provides services for more than 200 adults and children with an intellectual disability. Because of savage cutbacks over the past number of years, it is running the risk of having to close two community houses. The centre has a deficit of €450,000-----

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Michael P. Kitt An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

The Deputy should raise this as a Topical Issue. I would be glad to hear from him.

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I am sorry. When I try to raise this issue by way of parliamentary question, it is referred to the HSE, a body the Government was going to abolish. When will the Government take responsibility for the consequences its budgetary decisions are having on the people affected by them?

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Michael P. Kitt An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

I will ask the Taoiseach to respond to the first two questions.

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More than 20 senior citizens with an intellectual disability face having their care home closed, and when I ask the relevant Minister about this I am not being answered.

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Michael P. Kitt An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

The Deputy can raise it in another way.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

The value for money report to which the Deputy referred was commissioned by his party when it was last in government. The Minister has the report and will consider it.

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The Government has had it for more than a year.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

The Minister is dealing with the matter of small schools in the first Topical Issue shortly. I do not know the details of St. Christopher's Care Centre. I understand the Deputy will raise that by way of parliamentary question or Topical Issue. I will mention to the Minister for Health that the Deputy has raised it on the Order of Business.

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