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

Families of children with disabilities in County Monaghan are extremely frustrated by the way they have been treated by this Government. They describe their lives as a battle every day just to get the services they need. Monaghan needs a special school but Ministers continually point to a process without explaining what that process is or what criteria have led to the situation whereby Monaghan has no special school but similar counties have a number. Last June, the Taoiseach told me he would meet the campaigning families with local Oireachtas Members. Why has that meeting not taken place? The Taoiseach's office responded to me in August, saying that he was in the process of identifying a suitable date. Has that process concluded? Will the Taoiseach let us know when he will meet the families to hear first-hand the challenges they face as a result of the inaction of his Government in delivering the services their children need?

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