Care groups 'coerced' into hiding true service costs, committee told

Cash-strapped organisations providing care to thousands of people with disabilities are being “coerced” into hiding the true cost of delivering services, the Oireachtas health committee has been told.

Chairperson of the Not for Profit Association, Rosemary Keogh, said member organisation reported a combined deficit of €8.3m last year and blamed a shortfall in HSE funding.