Deputy Tully said the €9m allocated in Budget 2025 for mobile phone pouches is a scandalous waste of taxpayers' money.

The objective of this pilot is to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, young people and their families in Monaghan.

The allegations include slapping children's heads, repeatedly calling a child "fatty", and wiping kids' noses so hard they fell backwards and hurt their heads.

Pauline highlighted how she believes that local school children from the area "deserve better"

Child Benefit is available to anyone across the country who is 18 and in full-time education, or who has a disability.

In a statement issued to Northern Sound, the Sinn Fein candidate for the Ballybay-Clones MD said that the current government is "not delivering" for children with special needs and family carers.

A court date has now been set for Egypt for September.

She says the state needs to invest in the people who are investing in vulnerable children.