special school students enduring conditions \'comparable to overseas orphanages\'

Olivia kailehera school provides children with a dual diagnosis of autism and severe to severe intellectual disabilities with insufficient toilet space or wheelchair ramps, leaking roof and unreliable heating, lack of physical therapy/occupational therapy room and sensory garden.
Parents and management at Cork bisoft stown St Gabriel Special School have set up a Go found Me page, frustrated by the lack of action by the Ministry of Education and Skills. googletag. {});
43 children between the ages of 4 and 18 were taught on-site at a school, and parents and teachers said there had been no major renovations in the school since the start of school 20 years ago.
Earlier this week, Fianna Fáil leader michelál Martin raised the school\'s dilemma with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar when the leader asked questions.
Mr. Martin said he was shocked to hear that.
What is called the sensory room is a \"Annex building with no windows \".
\"The parents said they felt they were forgotten,\" he said.
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Sinead Desmond, president of the San Gabriel Parents Association, said the principal and the teacher did everything they could to help all non-verbal.
However, they were disappointed by the original environment they were in.
\"No matter how bad the building is, they like to go to school every day.
They like the staff here.
The principal is like a mother to those children.
But this building is not qualified.
\"The medical needs of these children are very complicated.
Children have seizures every day.
\"We had a great nurse on site, but her office was very crowded.
She doesn\'t even have a medical sofa for her child.
She doesn\'t even have a scale that says the child\'s weight.
\"Ms. Desmond said that the school is poorly equipped and if you see it in a documentary about another country, you will be shocked by the lack of action by the relevant authorities. googletag. {});
\"This happened in Cork.
My son Max\'s wheelchair is not suitable for the school toilet.
As a result, there are no toilet facilities for wheelchair children.
\"It was nice when Max was seven and he was very young and they could lift him to the bed change.
But they have men aged 17 and 18, 6 feet tall and have complex medical needs.
\"They try to preserve their dignity, but they can\'t.
\"It is also a health and safety issue, Ms. Desmond said, because many children on site have compromised the immune system and made them vulnerable to infection.
\"The staff did their best but they should not consider these things.
They should be able to go to work and do their work.
\"It was such a hard job and the staff walked in with a smile on their face.
But it\'s such a frustrating building.
\"You walk into the sensory room with two or three bean bags inside.
It was against a cold stone wall.
It has a disco light.
\"The heating at the school recently broke down and the children wore extra clothes while they were waiting for an emergency grant to fix the heating. googletag. {});
Sinead said that the principal gave her parents her blessing to talk openly about these issues, because after years of fruitless funding applications, the issues were over.
\"Our children have only one chance in childhood,\" she said.
There are so many restrictions and struggles in their childhood that their school building really shouldn\'t be one of them.
\"You walk into an unqualified building.
In Max\'s classroom, you had to open the door before, step back and a dirty water on the roof would fall.
\"They asked the bucket to collect water in the classroom.
There is nothing for senior children.
\"Sinead said that when the school was originally purchased in the 1990s, it never intended to be a school for special needs.
She said it has never been upgraded to meet the needs of children with severe disabilities who are in similar condition to older persons
Old school orphanage overseas
In a video from Margaret Lodin, head of Go Fund Me Page, they said they serve \"vulnerable groups of children\" and that schools are not \"suitable for intentional \".
\"They play a role in the psychological age of 18 months to two years old. They are pre-speech.
More than ever, we need to create the environment for our children here and reach the highest standards possible.
\"The special school in St. Gabriel is located at Curraheen estate in Beshaw town and is sponsored by the Southern charity service Brothers.
Their goal is to raise € 200,00 on the Go Fund Me page to cover the cost of the new device.
The school has repeatedly applied to the Ministry of Education and Skills to fund new fitness programs. for-
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A Ministry of Education spokesman said the government is committed to ensuring that every child with special educational needs has the opportunity to reach their full potential. googletag. {});
He said it was almost 1 euro in 2018.
8bn will invest in special education, accounting for nearly 1 out of 5 of the total education budget, up 43% since 2011.
\"The Ministry of Education and Skills is aware of the accommodation needs of St. Gabriel and is committed to working with schools to address them.
\"The Department is expected to have further contact with the school authorities in the near future.