It’s being claimed that people with intellectual disabilities are abused every day in institutions around the state.
Inclusion Ireland – says successive reports have highlighted the poor conditions experienced by the 3,000 people who live in institutional care around the country.
The Taoiseach and the HSE today apologised to a woman known as Grace after two reports detailed how she was left in an abusive foster home for 20 years.
The government is to set up a Commission of Investigation into the issue – But the CEO of Inclusion Ireland Paddy Connolly says he’d rather see the money spent on proper facilities.
