Bandon respite care
Deputy Collins asked whether respite care would resume for the Bandon Community Hospital catchment area after a Labour Court hearing. The Minister for Health said the ruling should be a great relief and expected respite services to recommence.
The programme for Government commits to make older years the better years for the elderly. After the Labour Court hearing yesterday, it looks like long-running problems in Bandon Community Hospital might be at an end. Will we see respite care made available to the people of the Bandon hospital catchment area? Most of them, if not all, have been refused over the past year.
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I thank Deputy Collins for raising this issue. I am sure the Labour Court ruling will come as a great relief to the people of Bandon and I expect it will see respite services recommence in Bandon Community Hospital, a hospital I have had the pleasure of visiting and a very special place.