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Thu 02 Feb 2010Mandatory care standards for intellectually disabled urged
GROUPS REPRESENTING people with intellectual disabilities have called on the Government to urgently introduce mandatory care standards and independent inspections of residential centres for disabled people.
At least 8,000 adults and 400 children are residing in institutions or care homes for people with intellectual disabilities which are not subject to State inspections or care regulations, as reported in The Irish Times this week.
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