Respite care in Carlow
Senator Murnane O'Connor pressed a point about the lack of respite care in Carlow for children with disabilities. The Leader said extra funding had been provided and urged her to engage with the relevant Minister of State.
On a point of order, one year on we still have no respite care service in Carlow. There are still 40 children with disabilities with no access to a respite care service-----
Comment on this
In addition, there was an extra allocation in the budget for respite care services. If I was the Senator, I would talk to the Minister of State, who must be doing a good job because last week increased funding for respite care services in Cork was announced. If she wants, I will be happy to let the Senator know the old secret.
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Absolutely. We need to have respite care services up and running quickly.