David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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My comments are not directed at staff; they are directed at the management of the services. I repeat what I said; we should be ashamed of ourselves given the level of services that some children are not getting. If Professor MacLachlan read any of the reports from AsIAm or Inclusion Ireland on the surveys they carried out, the vast majority of children get no services or get patchy or inadequate services. When they get services from wonderful staff, I acknowledge that, but for far too many who do not, it should fill Professor MacLachlan and everybody at this meeting with shame, because it fills me with shame that children with disabilities are not getting the services they need. I am sorry if that is uncomfortable for Professor MacLachlan, but it is the hard reality of what many parents feel as well.