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Tracy Carroll's two-year-old daughter Willow has the highest grade of cerebral palsy, is fed through a tube and will be in \u201cnappies for the rest of her life.\u201d The mum of two strongly criticised how the government means tests families who are struggling financially. She outlined to the Minister that she receives a \u20ac309 monthly domiciliary care allowance but it\u2019s no sooner in her pocket before it\u2019s spent.\n\n\n\nTracy has to travel from Kells to Dublin every week to get Willow to montessori because of a lack of facilities and staff suitable for her needs close by. Tracy gets nine hours of home help per week which she spends dropping her five year old son Noah to school and collecting Willow\u2019s medication. Tracy said: \u201cWe should be given a yearly allowance to spend on services that we know would benefit our children. Instead of throwing money at it, they need to talk to parents to see exactly what is needed."\n\n\n\n\u201cThe State are massively failing in every area of healthcare. I have no confidence in the services that are provided or that change is coming.\u201d\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices