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Dublin mother facing eviction says emergency care is unavailable

RTÉ News reports that the family has been offered a one-bedroom apartment, while the HSE says it remains committed to supporting them.

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Secure windows and coded door locks show how carefully a Dublin family's home has been adapted. Facing eviction, their mother tells RTÉ News that her repeated requests for emergency residential care and respite have been met with the same answer: no capacity.

"This house has been adapted for their needs their whole life," she says in the interview. The footage shows some of those adaptations as she explains why the home's security matters to her sons.

According to RTÉ's report, Dublin City Council has offered the family a one-bedroom apartment in the city centre as emergency accommodation. But the mother says the Health Service Executive has told her that neither residential placement nor emergency respite is available.

She describes numerous emails and phone calls seeking assistance, followed by a letter citing a lack of capacity. "You know, you're begging for help here," she says.

The report places her account alongside a wider funding decision: RTÉ says the HSE had ordered a halt to new disability residential placements requiring additional funding for the remainder of the year. Minister for Children and Disability Norma Foley said she had received assurances that emergency placements would be funded as needed.

The HSE told RTÉ it had been engaging with the family and remained committed to supporting them. The mother's request is direct: "I want my boys to be safe, secure and happy."

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