Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

We undertook a very detailed due diligence exercise in our engagement with colleagues in the Department of Health and the HSE to identify the range and scope of services. This was to try to define, as I mentioned earlier, what is transferring in terms of full responsibility, what is coming across as a shared responsibility and what will remain with the Department of Health. Disability services are provided across Government. We have a wider policy responsibility in respect of the disability brief to ensure the rights of persons with a disability are upheld throughout Government in terms of provisions in a range of Departments. There are arrangements in place through the national disability inclusion strategy and oversight arrangements in respect of it.