A teenage activist, Cara Darmody, begins her third overnight protest sleepout at the Dáil to highlight delays in special needs assessments. Darmody is calling on the Irish government to take action to reduce long waiting lists for assessments. According to reports, the protest focuses on the need for faster capacity and staffing to address the backlog.
The campaign centres on Darmody’s demand for an international recruitment effort to help increase the workforce and shorten waiting times. Her third sleepout follows previous protest actions carried out at the Dáil as she continues to press the government to implement measures aimed at improving access to assessments for children and young people who need them.
Both outlets describe the protest as ongoing and framed around government accountability for assessment turnaround times. The reports present Darmody’s call for policy changes, particularly around recruitment, as the key action she wants the government to consider to reduce waiting lists.
