Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-08
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Eugene Murphy (CC), Agricultural Panel

Before we conclude, this has been an important day and I am going to allow the Minister of State and perhaps Senator Clonan to say some brief words. I sat in a room with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in County Roscommon some time back with the family of a child with severe disability. It was a family suffering trauma and hopelessness. The Minister of State was obviously doing her best to follow up on it. When the family left the room I watched her shed a tear that evening. She turned to me and used a phrase that she used three times today: "The system is broken. How can we help people like this?" I am making that point to show her commitment is 100%, but as has been said here several times, our system is broken. I ask the Minister of State to say a few words in conclusion and Senator Clonan can also do so if he wishes.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-08