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Enable Ireland would like to wish everyone in Galway and beyond a very happy, safe and healthy Christmas and to thank everyone who has supported the organisation through the years.

The Annual General Meeting of Ability West was held Tuesday, June 11, 2023 at the Clybaun Hotel in Galway where the organization shared the 2023 Annual Report and the 2023 Financial Statements.

Constituent Sinn Féin Deputy, Sorca Clarke, has called on local government Deputies Robert Troy, Peter Burke and Joe Flaherty, to start listening to people with disabilities and provide vital respite services they need.

A growing shortage of staff is making it increasingly difficult for people in Galway to get the health care they need, Independent TD Noel Grealish told the Dáil this week.

Iarnród Éireann has announced a new partnership with Family Carers Ireland to provide supports and resources for colleagues nationwide who are balancing their jobs with caring responsibilities at home.

Speaking in the Dáil yesterday (Wednesday) Sinn Féin TD for Galway West/South Mayo Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach to expand children’s respite services in the Galway area.

The Government has failed to "seize upon an opportunity to advance a real equality agenda" in Budget 2021 by not increasing funding for the childcare sector.

Day care centres, and other essential disability services, must be classes as "vital services" with the State having moved into Level 3 lockdown, and with Level 5 a very real and serious possibility.

An elderly man who was discharged from a public hospital recently without family support or respite services was found in a "bad state" that night by a home help.