Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The assessment of need process, the amount of time it is taking for children to get an assessment and the staffing of the CDNTs are issues that everyone in this House has been contacted about on a regular basis. It is a disgrace that children with needs are being failed. Even if they get an assessment fairly quickly, it is just a box-ticking exercise as far as I am concerned. They are being left for months on end without services but someone is able to say, at a higher level, that their needs were met, that the box was ticked.

We are talking specifically about County Monaghan. It would be worthwhile finding out what stage the respite building is at and getting information on the waiting list for respite services in that area. Is it agreed that we seek that information from the HSE?