AN INDEPENDENT election candidate has defended her call for a discussion on whether some children with special needs should be microchipped. AN INDEPENDENT election candidate has defended her call for a discussion on whether some children with special needs should be microchipped. Election candidate defends call for discussion on whether children with special needs should be microchippedCouncillor Sharon Keogan, who is running for a Dáil seat in Meath East, said that “anything that will make our children safer warrants consideration” but denied she was advocating for some children to be microchipped with GPS trackers. In the social media post, Ms Keogan wrote: “This was a tragic end for this family, but should children with special needs who have poor ability to communicate be microchipped with GPS? Please discuss!”Amid criticism of her comments, Ms Keogan sought to defend the post in an interview with Michael Reade on LMFM on Wednesday morning.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2020 17:03 UTC