Hundreds of teens ‘in limbo’ over failure to confirm support cuts

Hundreds of teens with an intellectual disability at risk of being cut off from State support have yet to receive confirmation of the fate that awaits them.

Despite a long-standing deadline of Jul 10 for officials to confirm in writing who will continue to be helped, Inclusion Ireland has warned that the vast majority of the 660 people affected were still “waiting in limbo”.

The issue has been caused by the axing of a €10m scheme known as the demographic fund, which has previously helped young adults with an intellectual disability when they leave full-time education.