TDs warn 13,000 disabled people being shortchanged

MORE THAN 10,000 people registered with an intellectual disability are not getting the State care they need, TDs warned last night.

The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee expressed concern that at least 13,000 disabled people were not being offered a suitable level of help.

The State’s financial watchdog looked into how almost e1 billion of public funds is being spent on caring for disabled people by 42 non-profit-making organisations.