Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association

2:15 pm

Mr. Joe Mason:

With regard to personal assistants, we also would not have much of a view on them in the context of personal care. We do not employ them. The vast majority of people who avail of WALK services do not enjoy the supports and services provided by personal assistants. They are much more readily available in the physical and sensory disability world and we are primarily engaged with intellectual disability.