Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Within the limits of the resources available; I highlight that again. I will move on. Every one of us wants to talk about disability services. I met with community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7, as we all do with our relevant CHO. CHO 7 is one of the largest in the country and it has very good people in disability services who are utterly frustrated. They are telling me that all of their time is going on assessments of need to deal with that issue but they are not getting to do what they are supposed to do. The people who are doing therapies are the same people who are doing the assessments of need. Has the HSE identified the kind of resources that would be required to get to this without interfering with the services that are supposed to be provided? That is not meeting anyone's needs.