Cork special school still awaits therapists despite Government promises

St Paul’s special school in Montenotte was 'chosen' as one of just six special schools to have their therapists that were removed in 2018 reinstated

St Paul’s children are aged four to 18. Some 47 children have a moderate intellectual disability and 48 children have a severe or profound intellectual disability. File picture: Larry Cummins

No therapists have been placed in a Cork special school despite Government promises that some would be reinstated from September.

Anne Hartnett, principal of St Paul’s special school in Montenotte, Cork, which cares for some of the country’s most vulnerable and medically complex children with intellectual disabilities, said that none of their children have had any meaningful therapeutic input from the HSE since 2018.