Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North, Frank O’Rourke, has criticised a 17% decrease in the number of respite nights available in the Kildare – West Wicklow are
Frank was commenting as new figures provided to Fianna Fáil show that in Kildare – West Wicklow there were 7,064 respite overnights in 2015 but just 5,808 in 2018 – a drop of over 1,200.
“Nationally there has been a drop of some 26,523 respite overnights for people with disabilities between 2015 and 2018 – representing a 14.3% decrease. This comes as the numbers requesting overnight respite continues to rise.” Continue reading “O’ROURKE CRITICISES DROP IN KILDARE RESPITE NIGHTS”