Respite users in Inishowen are ‘being abandoned’

 

A Donegal County Councillor believes users of respite services with intellectual disabilities in Inishowen are being abandoned.

Donegal Disability Services have confirmed that there are currently no emergency respite beds available in the peninsula and that alternative accommodation would be provided at Ballymacool Respite House in Letterkenny.

Councillor Albert Doherty says the ongoing issue needs to be prioritised:

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