Confusion over residential figures for disabled children in HSE-sourced accommodation

Social Democrats TD Liam Quaide said the situation around child disability placements had been 'allowed to develop in an extraordinarily haphazard way'. File picture: Chani Anderson

More than 40% of disabled children living in HSE-sourced residential accommodation do so more than 50km from their home, new figures reveal.

However, issues remain with the accuracy of the numbers revealed by the HSE, with the overall total number of placements not matching previous catch-all figures released.