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

In my statement I clearly outlined proposals I had put to the HSE because it will also have its proposals as to what the roadmap is. I have made suggestions because I see shortcomings with the way it is at the moment. The reason I highlight the way we can work with those with Down's syndrome is that they already have therapists. If we could work with them to ensure that that cohort of young people can get that support, it might alleviate some of the pressures on the delivery of interventions.

At the end of the day, we have approximately 10,000 who perhaps need another assessment of need because of the court case ruling. We have to be innovative, pragmatic and agile in our approach. I was putting it all on the table to see which of these can be worked with, and that is from looking to get the critical list from an employment point of view, to the Down's syndrome groups, to putting therapists back into schools and to working with private providers. We should not rule anything out and we should put everything in. That is where that presentation is within my speech.

The Deputy asked another question about the PDS audit. I genuinely believe that, with what I have seen with the management information system, MIS, supports that I am getting on a monthly basis, that this audit tool will in itself become the audit tool because the HSE will be able to track and follow the performance, as well as the variances within staff and how many files are opened and therapies are delivered on. I am very clear. We need to have everything on the table in the short window to find a solution.