Disability Services Provision
Seanad Éireann — 2020-10-22
============================================================

Victor Boyhan (IND), Agricultural Panel

I thank the Minister of State for her written reply because it is helpful and we can share it. These are difficult times for all of us in terms of our physical and mental well-being. They are particularly difficult for people with disabilities and the type of people being supported by the St. John of God Community Services. I am encouraged by what the Minister of State said. I will write to the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, today to ask him if we can see a speeding up of the engagement. We have a timeframe which the Minister of State outlined but it ticks away quite quickly. These are complex issues and big issues in terms of finance.
I welcome the Minister of State's comprehensive and frank layout of what is at stake and I encourage all sides to engage early to ultimately create a better service for users, employees and the communities in which they operate.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2020-10-22/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:42+00:00
Sitting date: 2020-10-22