Ms Áine Lawlor:

We have met officials from the Department of education on the recommendations. Certainly, our learning from the roll-out of PDS has been important in terms of an appropriate governance structure and the consideration of the model of service delivery. A key recommendation concerns how we are going to joint-work children. There are children for whom it is appropriate that their needs are met in an education setting with the team, and there will be children who have health needs that transcend the school setting. It is a case of ensuring the joint-working protocol is very clear and that we are not hampered by two Departments saying they cannot communicate with each other, the result being families not knowing how to proceed. Those are probably our key recommendations.