Respite services and Cuisle
The Taoiseach refers Deputies back to earlier answers on Cuisle and says there is ongoing investment to open more respite houses nationally, with some services initially starting as five-day provision and then potentially extending.
On the Cuisle centre, this matter was raised earlier in this session and yesterday, so respectfully I refer Deputies to the answers given by me and the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to those earlier questions.
Turning to the matter raised by Deputy Scanlon regarding Sligo, some €10 million was provided in the budget this year to open an additional respite house in every region of the country. That is ongoing. I do not know the exact details of the service mentioned by him It may be that it is initially going to be a five-day service and then extended to a seven-day service at a later stage. That is often the case. I will certainly advise the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, that this issue was raised by the Deputy and I will ask him to correspond directly with him.
