Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The HSE would say that the SOP is about that. It is important that the question is asked again when it comes before the committee. It says that one can have an assessment done in a timely fashion and a child that presents with speech and language needs will get intervention straight away, but a child with more complex needs will go on for further assessment, which is like the comprehensive assessment of need that we have at the moment.