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Donegal counselling and Carndonagh unit

Summary

Deputy McHugh raised counselling services in Donegal and a separate concern about residents in a supervised unit in Carndonagh. The Minister said he would pass on the details and seek reassurance for the residents.

I want to raise an issue in regard to child, adolescent and adult counselling in Donegal, which was the subject of much debate in the last month or so. I acknowledge the work of the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, and I met with her on this issue. I wish her well in that regard. Next Thursday, Tusla is meeting with the HSE and, hopefully, we can make progress on that.

An issue was raised by Councillor Johnny McGuinness from north Inishowen. He met with his council colleagues yesterday evening and met with families who have family members in a supervised residential unit in Carndonagh. Families and residents first heard through the media about the proposal to move these residents out of the unit, which is completely unacceptable. Some residents have been living there for over 20 years; it is their home and it is the place they call home. Can we make every effort to find a solution to keep these residents in their home community? On a not unrelated topic, since Covid, there has been a serious need for day services to be reopened in Carndonagh.

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It is very distressing to hear of people in our community who are by nature vulnerable being in such a difficult situation and such an uncertain place. I do not have the details but if the Deputy can forward the information to me, we will definitely pass that on to the Minister for Health to see if the residents in this case can be reassured.

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