Oireacthas committee to hear today that this accommodation is unsuitable.
3,000 people with disabilities are still living in congregated settings, which accommodate more than 10 people.
An Oireachtas committee will today be told they live in unsuitable accommodation, with no control over what they do every day.
Professor Roy McConkey, from Ulster University, will say it'll be 20 years before this model of care ends, at the current rate.
Lorraine Dempsey, from Inclusion Ireland, says these settings are inappropriate for people with disabilities.
Lorraine Dempsey says urgent action is needed to end this model of care.

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