Centre’s funding slashed after rights report rap

A CENTRE for the intellectually disabled, which was criticised in a human rights report, has seen its funding slashed by €1.8 million.

The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) report, found that there were “serious gaps” in the provision of services to residents of the Brothers of Charity’s John Paul Centre in Galway and those using the centre.

The report, which stressed that the centre should be supported, not castigated, found that the deficiencies at the centre were as a result of systematic problems with legislation at national level, some of which is not being properly administered.