Minister Harney is selective in ensuring effective, robust inspection regime for vulnerable people - still no inspection of disability services
New standards and inspection of nursing homes are this evening being cited as reason why Leas Cross will not happen again – but for people with an intellectual disability in residential care, there are no mandatory standards and no inspection and hence no guarantee this will not happen again to people with a disability...READ MORE
Inclusion Ireland calls for immediate inspection and standards in services for children with a disability
The Child Abuse Commission Report outlines decades of abuse in services for children with a disability. The McCoy report, published in December 2007, outlined abuse in a disability service in Galway. In Leas Cross, a person with an intellectual disability died. Inclusion Ireland is now asking how many more reports do we need...READ MORE
Law on checking residential disability services essential
Institutional care does not belong to a different era, as the Ryan report stated, as thousands of people with disabilities still live in such care, writes Deirdre Carroll...READ MORE
Over 170 complaints to HSE on care homes
Deirdre Carroll, chief executive of Inclusion Ireland, an umbrella group representing people with intellectual disabilities, says reports of neglect and abuse have been made to its organisation before...READ MORE
Inspecting disability centres - letters
I would like to support Deirdre Carroll’s call (Opinion, June 11th) for the Government to set up inspection for all services for people with disabilities at once – even if, to begin with, this is on a minimal scale...READ MORE
Need for standards in light of Ryan Report
CLICK HERE to listen to Deirdre Carroll, CEO of Inclusion Ireland, discuss the need for standards in disability services following the publication of the Ryan Report, on RTÉ Radio One's This Week programme.
Disability care standards will not be made statutory
Inclusion Ireland chief executive Deirdre Carroll said she had “mixed emotions” about the launch of the standards that her organisation had been seeking for 14 years...READ MORE
Lack of inspections leave thousands in care vulnerable to abuse
Inclusion Ireland, an umbrella group representing people with intellectual disabilities, yesterday called on the Government to revisit its decision and urgently...READ MORE
State has no funds for disabled standards
Inclusion Ireland, an umbrella group representing people with intellectual disabilities, welcomed the new standards but said the failure to place them on a statutory footing means poor services will continue to operate...READ MORE
Commission into Child Abuse Homepage
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Recommendations
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Chapter 5, Volume 2, Lotas in Cork
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Chapter 13, Volume 3, Special needs schools and residential services
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Chapter 16, Volume 3, Hospitals
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