Parents of a number of young adults with intellectual disabilities attending day services at Cregg House, Sligo, say they will refuse to comply with a HSE proposal to transfer the service to “a disused farm” three miles outside the town. The parents say the move would be contrary to the HSE’s own policy document New Directions & Transforming Lives, which stipulates that such services should be community-based . Over two dozen service-users avail of the day-care facility in Cregg House, and Mr Browne stressed parents’ appreciation for the dedicated work of staff there. His daughter lives at home but attends the service daily. Parents say they received a three-line letter from the HSE in October advising them that the service would move in the coming months.

Source: The Irish Times January 22, 2018 02:37 UTC