‘Alarming’ number of people with intellectual disabilities displaced far from their homes

Some 606 people with intellectual disabilities are currently placed in residential accommodation outside their home county, according to new data. Picture: iStock  

The number of people with intellectual disabilities placed in accommodation far from their homes by the HSE has been described as “alarming”, as it emerged that 193 such cases currently reside more than 100km from their own community.

Some 606 people with intellectual disabilities are currently placed in residential accommodation outside their home county, according to figures released by the HSE to Cork East Social Democrats TD Liam Quaide.