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<p> Admirable campaigners such as Tom Clonan argue that the State might use the proposed amendments to abandon its duty to people with disabilities. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins</p>

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Fergus Finlay: Yes vote is only a step towards getting disability services right

People with disabilities are at the end of every queue, but a referendum no vote will do nothing whatever to remedy that

<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">A deputy principal swore an affidavit stating that he was not qualified to carry out a ‘true assessment’ of the educational needs one of his school’s pupils — but that he completed the AON report regardless. iStock</p>

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Mick Clifford: Assessment of need must amount to more than a ‘box-ticking exercise’

<p>Ombudsman Ger Deering branded the lack of action to improve transport accessibility for people with disabilities as 'shameful neglect'. File picture</p>

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Ombudsman received record number of complaints in 2022

Budget increase needed to fix ‘broken’ disability services for children, says committee

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Budget increase needed to fix ‘broken’ disability services for children, says committee

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Schools will not play role in accessing needs of children with disabilities until pilot evaluated

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NCSE trying to 'bounce' legal obligations to children with disabilities onto principals

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Process to assess needs of children with disabilities does not comply with law

High Court judgment sparks fresh calls for an overhaul of the system

Fri, 11 Mar, 2022

Assessment of need backlog for children 'a national scandal'

Assessment of need backlog for children 'a national scandal'

Gareth Noble told an Oireachtas committee that efforts by the HSE to change the current system threatened to make a bad situation worse

Tue, 08 Dec, 2020