Letters to the Editor: Take responsibility for children with special needs — or resign

A reader says successive governments have failed the people of Ireland in many ways and specifically regarding children with special needs

Michael Moriarty challenges Tánaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin to face their responsibilities to children with special needs. Picture: Maxwells/PA

Since I returned to Ireland almost 20 years ago I have, unfortunately, repeatedly listened to parents on talk shows crying while pleading for support/assistance in cases of children with special needs.

Government ministers and spokespersons tell us what they have done and what they will do in the future. Yet these problems seem to continue.