Motion or amendment: Addressing the Lack of Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Ms Cara Hunter on .
- MLA
- Ms Cara Hunter
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 17 October 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Addressing the Lack of Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour”
- Heading
- Addressing the Lack of Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 414558
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Addressing the Lack of Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘respite services for adults’ and insert: ‘and children with learning difficulties, complex needs, and challenging behaviour; acknowledges that respite provision is not a luxury, but a necessity for unpaid carers in our society; notes that the demand for services is increasing year-on-year, with more children with learning difficulties, complex needs and challenging behaviour entering adult care services; recognises the hard work and dedication of staff members within the facilities that provide respite provision; accepts the need to address the lack of adult and children’s respite provision and the need for forward planning, additional investment and ring-fencing of these services; and calls on the Minister of Health to develop a plan that will address the lack of adult and children’s respite provision; and further calls on the Minister of Health to provide additional investment into these services to ensure that families and unpaid carers can avail of more regular and more consistent respite provision.’
176 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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