'An accruing problem that will not go away': Lack of respite care blamed on beds shortage

Families of children with intellectual disabilities who graduate to adult facilities unable to get help.

Families of children who have an intellectual disability and who graduate to adult services have been unable to access respite care in the Cork region for the past four years, because of a beds shortage.

The HSE said no new adult applicants have been able to access respite since 2013, because no additional capacity has been made available.