Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There was provision. That is the point. Demographic funding was an ongoing provision for young people leaving school with special needs. They were provided a place which in total came to €20 million per annum. The Health Service Executive, HSE, has confirmed that such funding has been gotten rid of.

I want to take the case of Emma, a young girl, 19 years of age, with severe autism and severe epilepsy. She needs a full-time residential placement. The officials in the HSE could not help the mother or the family in this case.

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