New 4-bed respite centre to be built for North West area
PEOPLE with disabilities in Sligo and Leitrim are to benefit from new Government investment in respite services, according to a local TD.
Deputy Tony McLoughlin has announced that the Government funded Respite Development Programme for 2018 will mean additional services for families in Sligo and Leitrim.
A new 4 bed centre-based respite centre, which is being built by a private provider under a competitive process, is being developed at Tullaghan, and this will deliver approx 600 additional bed nights by Q3 2018, and 1,300 in a full year.
There is also an expansion to the HSE Home Sharing Social Worker and Co-ordinator program which will target 250 additional nights by Q3 2018.
“These developments will be of great benefit to people with disabilities in Co. Sligo and Leitrim as well as their families and carers.
“Fine Gael is using the economic recovery to support the most vulnerable people in communities around the country. In the last Budget an additional €10 million was allocated to improve respite services.
“This is now being use to provide new centre based residential respite and alternative respite services for people with a disability and their families and carers, such as the additional services announced for Sligo and Leitrim. The an- nouncement is designed to help people with disabilities in Sligo and Leitrim to lead more independent lives and to have more of a say in their care.”