'They feel there's an unreasonable effort to control them': Watchdog concern over HSE treatment of people with disabilities
In 2018, 206 complaints or concerns were received by Confidential Recipient for Vulnerable Persons.
In 2018, 206 complaints or concerns were received by Confidential Recipient for Vulnerable Persons.
A cost-saving decision to move people with severe intellectual disabilities away from their long-term home was overturned.
A report from the new HSE whisteblower service highlights claims of abuse in residential facilities.
Leigh Gath has been named the HSE’s Confidential Recipient.
Retired judge Pat McMahon will vacate the office once it is abolished in the coming weeks.
Connolly was relieved of his duties as Garda Confidential Recipient by Justice Minister Alan Shatter in February and his made his first public comment on the matter today.
The Minister told the Dáil today that he was ‘utterly astonished’ by Oliver Connolly’s alleged comments.
The post of confidential recipient is to be replaced by a new system, the Minister confirmed.
John Wilson says members of the force have “nobody to turn to” following the sacking yesterday of Confidential Recipient Oliver Connolly.
Alan Shatter said that suggestions in a transcript, read into the Dáil record last night, that he threatened anyone or authorised threatening were “absolutely outrageous”.