Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Several times, I have raised the Government’s failure to adequately provide services for children with special needs in County Monaghan. Many families are in crisis because of the lack of services. In Monaghan, we have no overnight respite care and no special school, we have a shortage in occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, and we have lengthy delays in assessments of needs.

I understand that the Taoiseach will be in County Monaghan tomorrow. I know that a request has been made by families of children with special needs to meet him while he is in the county. Will he give half an hour to meet these families so that he can hear directly of the impact that Government failures are having on their lives?

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