Residential care abuse complaints ‘no surprise’

THE true details about neglect and abuse of people with disabilities in residential care will never be known until there is robust inspection and regulation of the services, the head of Inclusion Ireland has warned.

Deirdre Carroll said reports of complaints of abuse and mistreatment of people with disabilities did not come as a surprise.

She said it was concerning and disturbing, but until there was some sort of statute whereby the Health Information and Quality Agency (HIQA) could go in and deal with issues, we would not know what goes on.