Government can't treat 'abandoned' children on assessment list like political football, say TDs

Around 250 families with autistic children previously staged a 24-hour sleep out at Leinster House to protest against a lack of school places for kids with special needs. Cara Darmody is to stage a protest against the backlog of assessments of need. File Picture: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

Children that have been "abandoned" on waiting lists for assessment of need cannot be treated like a political football, opposition TDs are set to tell the Government on Tuesday.

Opposition leaders will join teenage disability campaigner Cara Darmody outside Leinster House as she begins a 50-hour protest against the backlog of assessments for children.