Patients forced abroad for treatment

EIGHT people who suffer from intellectual disability and mental health issues are being sent outside the state by the health service because the treatment is not available here.

All are from the HSE South area — three from Cork and Kerry, two from Wexford and one each from Carlow/Kilkenny, Waterford and Tipperary.

The HSE South were unable to provide the cost of the treatment to the Irish Examiner last night.