Key education rights for disabled children still not in place after 17 years

Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children. Photograph Moya Nolan

Key education rights for disabled children, legislated for in 2004, have not been brought into effect after 17 years, leaving their rights at the whim of policy changes and funding.

That’s according to Inclusion Ireland, the national association for people with an intellectual disability.