Ms Kate Killeen White:

I thank the Deputy. In the national service plan, there is provision for new developments this year, of which €64.1 million relates to disabilities. The Department has now finalised and secured Government approval for the action plan for disability services, which is really welcome.

On the CDNTs and across all of our disabilities services in particular, recruitment and retention of staff is essential to the delivery of the action plan. There is an ongoing targeted and strategic focus on recruitment and retention, especially in our CDNTs.

As for the question of data, we always need more data and enhanced digital capability to collect and analyse our data. There is some data in the system but it can be improved and we are working with colleagues on that.