Cara Darmody met Simon Harris at Government Buildings earlier where she highlighted her concerns and demand for action
She has two younger brothers - Neil and John - who both have autism and severe/profound intellectual disabilities."It went really, really good but he basically said that I was the person who was responsible for getting the €7 million towards the HSE funding a couple of moths ago for the assessments," she said.
"I told him that the HSE were breaking the Assessment of Needs law and that it was totally wrong - and he agreed with me 100%. "I'm very happy with that, and he's agreed to meet me in three weeks' time so I'm going to get to talk to him about this issue again".Taoiseach Simon Harris with 13-year-old Cara Darmody in Government Buildings, 20-6-24. Image: Supplied"I told him what needed to be fixed and I told him that I wanted a date or a timeline," she said.
"He's told me he's going to meet me again in three weeks' time to further talk about this - so hopefully I'll make a bit of progress there".Main image: 13-year-old Cara Darmody with Taoiseach Simon Harris in his office at Government Buildings, 20-6-24. Image: Supplied
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