Disability Services
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-03
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Anne Rabbitte (FF), Galway East

I certainly will meet a deputation and would have officials from my office there along with representatives from the HSE. There is no point in us talking unless we are going to have a meeting to find a solution. I absolutely believe the solution can be found. I say to Orla, her parents and her friends that Deputy Stanton has raised this matter and it is on my radar. I want to find a solution for them and we will find a solution. Orla needs to continue on to the next level, no different from any other child. She has the right to participate in rehabilitative training. She has the right to learn the next level of skill. She has that right to rattle around Midleton like anybody else, to be comfortable and to be known.
We will also work with Cope Foundation. There is no better person than Seán Abbott to tell either of us what he needs to make it work. When he tells us that, I think we will find a solution. I know the geography and I accept it is a challenge to travel in that distance. We need to see what more we can do to support Cope Foundation to expand that. Maybe there will be a lot of solutions found but the most important thing is that Orla will be able to go to day services and she and her friends will be able to go together. Between us, Cope Foundation and the HSE, we will find a solution to give peace of mind to her parents.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-03