Respite care centres not being inspected

ABOUT 150 centres offering residential care or respite care to children with disabilities are still not being inspected, as according to the Government “they are not in the care of the state”.

Inclusion Ireland, the National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability, said although statutory inspection has been promised there is no money available to carry it out.

Latest figures show more than 200 disabled children are living full time in residential facilities because of safety or welfare concerns or because their family cannot cope.