Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One example of what frustrates elected representatives the most is when families try to get an assessment for children with special needs and, it is hoped, the supports will come. However, the team does not have the key people, it does not happen and people move to the private system to get an assessment. When they have the assessment, they think they will get the supports, but that does not happen either because the team is missing those key components. It is a system failure, but it is impacting considerably on those children and their families.