Ms Yvonne O'Neill:

With regard to accessing disability services generally, the Chairman will be aware we had some success last year in reducing the waiting list for assessments by 72%. We have been constrained by the requirement and demands on our children's disability teams this year. We are working through our access funding to see if we can target some improvements there. The experience in that individual case may also relate to accessing the team and the associated aids and appliances, but we have a very particular focus on that as well this year. We could try to make those aids and appliances more readily available.

It is a combination of both. The same team is responding to the new services and assessments and the existing services and assessments. That is where it is.