Parents allege HSE ‘retaliation’ against them

Parents of children with a disability have claimed they are victims of “retaliation” by bodies including schools and the HSE if they complain about their child not being able to access services.

Parents of children with a disability have claimed they are the victims of “retaliation” by bodies including schools and the HSE if they complain about how their child not being able to access services.

The claim is included in a new report by academics at NUI Galway, which also features claims from one parent that the HSE would bring care proceedings against her because she was not supposed to have her child with a cognitive disability in the house with her other children – even though the HSE was unable to provide any services or an alternative adequate placement for her child.