It’s claimed a state acceptance of poverty is leading to detrimental outcomes for disadvantaged children in Clare.
It comes as the Ombudsman for Children’s report for 2023, shows 14 complaints were made over public services for children in this county, with almost 1,800 complaints lodged nationwide.
46% of complaints related to TUSLA or health services, 40% involved education with issues such as bullying and access to school transport arising, while 7% related to local authority housing.
Coordinator of the West Clare Family Resource Centre, Mary O’Donoghue has been telling Clare FM’s Daragh Dolan the lack of adequate services is seriously affecting the future development and well-being of vulnerable children.
You can listen to the full interview here:
