Cork mother says HSE has not apologised over ‘legal obligation’ letter

A week after the HSE “sincerely apologised” in the media for warning a Cork mother of an adult child with an intellectual disability of her “legal obligation” to financially support her daughter “indefinitely”, the mother herself says she has yet to receive any apology.

The warning was contained in a letter signed by Angela O’Neill, head of Disability Services in the HSE South West. Last week a HSE spokesperson said Ms O’Neill “did not intend to cause any upset”.

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