HSE cannot provide figures on spend on for-profit accommodation for people with intellectual disabilities

Liam Quaide: 'At a time when €3.8bn has been allocated for disability services, it is indefensible that Government cannot clearly identify how much is being spent on for-profit residential provision.'

The HSE has said it cannot tell how much of its €2.2bn budget is spent on corporate for-profit accommodation for those living with intellectual disabilities, a sector which has nearly doubled in size in recent years.

The health service has previously acknowledged for-profit residences for those with intellectual disabilities climbed from just 8% of total placements in 2021 to 15% of the nearly-9,000 placements available in just four years. This has sparked fears about the quality of care being provided and the system by which those placements are allocated.