Concern for care of disabled residents

SITUATIONS which are “intolerable in the immediate term” were identified by a Health Service Executive working group for people with disabilities living in residential settings.

In its draft report completed in November last year, the Working Group on Congregated Settings carried out a nationwide census of residential centres, in which more than 4,000 people with intellectual disabilities live.

Although the final report is yet to be published, it is expected to recommend the closure of all “congregated settings” — a centre with 10 or more residents — over the next seven years.