Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all want our rights to be recognised.

They had to be tested and people had to fight hard for them. What about the neglected rights of young people that I have seen this summer, however? I am referring to school-leavers with intellectual disabilities. Parents are on their knees watching these children regress. They are children with autism and challenging behaviour who may be granted two or three days of service. Then after a big push in some cases they may receive five days of service. What about their rights? What about the rights of children with Down's syndrome to an appropriate education, or the rights of children with learning difficulties to an individual education plan? Not one piece of that legislation is yet on the Statute Book. It is the fault of successive Governments.