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Deputy Jackie Cahill, Cllr Smith and Minister Mary Butler when Minister Butler visited Roscrea and the Dean Maxwell facility
The Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary, Jackie Cahill has confirmed that the Fianna Fáil Minister for Older People, Mary Butler, has reached an agreement between the HSE and the Mount Carmel Nursing Home that will see Roscrea’s long-stay nursing home beds remaining in Roscrea.
Following numerous meetings and discussions since the current Government took office, Deputy Cahill and local Cllr Michael Smith have been working with their Fianna Fáil colleagues in Government to secure the future of the long-stay beds for Roscrea, which are currently located in the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Home.
Speaking on this today, Deputy Cahill said: “The Fianna Fáil Minister for Older People, Mary Butler has informed me that an agreement has finally been reached that will see the long-stay beds for the people of Roscrea, remaining in Roscrea. I know that this will come with great relief to local people in Roscrea, who had been worried that the long-term care for their elderly would be moved out of the town and over to Nenagh."
He said that following extensive discussions with Minister Butler, the then Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister Michael McGrath, and other key officials, he could confirm that the HSE had reached an agreement to purchase Mount Carmel Nursing Home, which is adjacent to the Dean Maxwell, as a going concern.
“This means that the Dean Maxwell campus has been expanded, through securing the 30 beds in the Mount Carmel Nursing Home as a going concern. I am pleased to know that the long-term, short-term, respite and day care facilities will all remain on campus, in the heart of Roscrea, for the people of Roscrea," he said.
Deputy Cahill acknowledged the contribution and hard work put into saving these beds for Roscrea by the local Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Smith.
"Cllr Smith and I have had numerous engagements with various senior Government Ministers in relation to Dean Maxwell over the last number of years, and today we are seeing a Fianna Fáil Minster for Older People and a Fianna Fáil Finance Minister delivering for the area," Deputy Cahill said.
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