HSE urged to hold meeting for Connemara parents with special needs children

Meetings have been organised for the city and parts of East Galway to discuss the reconfiguration of School Age Disability Services in Galway.However, parents in Connemara say it is difficult to travel to the city to attend these meetings as they are already stretched to the limit.They want the HSE to organise an information meeting in Connemara.In a statement to Galway Bay fm News, the HSE says the head of the project has offered to provide an information session in Connemara.The HSE adds that the Brothers of Charity, Enable Ireland and Abililty West have written to every parent with a child aged between 6 and 18 attending their service.However, it's understood local parents were asked to organise a group of at least 40 people to necessitate a Connemara meeting.

Local area Councillor, Eileen Mannion, has written to the HSE urging them to organise a Connemara meeting for parents of special needs children.