Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a follow-up question. While the Minister of State answered me she did not answer the question I asked. I appreciate the focus on moving from assessment to intervention as that is exactly what is needed. The Minister of State said 1,978 comprehensive assessments of need have been carried out since June of this year. Why do we then need to go from the comprehensive assessment of needs process to the standard operating procedure exercise? They are two different things. One is comprehensive, as the Minister of State said, and the other is a 90-minute desktop assessment, which parents are being put under undue pressure to fill out.