HSE apologises to mother of intellectually disabled adult child over 'threatening' letter

The HSE has “sincerely apologised” after sending a letter to the mother of an adult child with an intellectual disability warning her of her “legal obligation” to support her daughter financially “indefinitely”.

A HSE spokesperson said the regional manager who wrote the letter “did not intend to cause any upset”.

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