Barnardos: Top-ups scandal has potential to cripple charity sector

Disability service campaigners have branded the deepening Central Remedial Clinic top-ups scandal as “disgusting” and said the crisis has the potential to “cripple” the charity sector.

Groups ranging from the Special Needs Parents Association to children’s group Barnardos hit out at the situation as fresh revelations are revealed in today’s Irish Examiner.

SNPA spokeswoman Lorraine Dempsey said the ongoing issue is “disgusting” considering the fact up to 4,000 vulnerable children and adults dependent on the CRC service are already facing waiting lists for care.