Disability Services
Dail Éireann — 2021-10-13
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David Stanton (FG), Cork East

I ask the Minister to examine the issue of people with intellectual disabilities in rural areas getting to the centre of further training, education and so on. It can be a massive challenge. They do not qualify for the second level school transport scheme. Their parents are quite often working and they cannot get to the centre, which may be many miles away and very often the distances between certain workplaces and centres can be lengthy. That is causing a massive challenge and huge stress. I ask the Minister, with his colleagues, to examine this as a matter of urgency. Has the Minister engaged with the Open Doors Initiative which has done considerable good work in this area?

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Sitting date: 2021-10-13