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Costly Care Crisis for Disabled Kids | Cork News
Families of kids with disabilities are facing skyrocketing costs—up to half a million euros a year—for residential care, with just three companies controlling two-thirds of private placements. Over the past three years, placements have doubled, yet the HSE has no clear strategy for scaling or improving access. Eighty percent of available spots are with for-profit providers, while parents scramble through a fragmented system. The government prioritizes buying individual spots over building a sustainable infrastructure, and crucially, can’t even provide data on how many children are waiting or…
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