Pre-school disability services to receive €100m Government investment

Vital pre-school services for children with disabilities are set to receive over €100m of Government investment between now and the end of the decade that will help more than 7,500 families every year.

Children’s Minister Dr James Reilly, Education Minister Jan O’ Sullivan, and Kathleen Lynch, the junior health minister with responsibility for disabilities, announced the measure at an early childhood education conference.

Under the plans agreed by the three Government departments, the HSE, and child services body Tusla, preschool services for children with disabilities will receive €17m in 2016 for staff and upgrade measures.