Cork parents fighting for access to respite care for children

Vulnerable children are not receiving services like respite and home support because of the school they attend in Cork

Children registered with a school in Cork under patronage of the Education and Training Board  rather than a traditional disabilities service provider are no longer eligible for services like respite and home support.

Parents in Cork are threatening legal action against the State unless they see an end to what they have described as discrimination against their children based on the school they attend.

Cork Parents Unite, an advocacy group forged from anger and desperation at a lack of services for their vulnerable children, say that they have made Government, the HSE, the Department of Health, schools, and disability service providers aware that their children are not receiving services like respite because of the school they attend, but nothing has changed.