Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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Would it be possible for Ms O'Neill and Dr. Morgan to provide a timeline or schematic outline of how the process works from the point of referral to the point of assessment to the point of delivering a service? This would help us to understand how the process works and what the target would be if we were in an ideal situation. Today's meeting has raised a huge number of issues, many of which are unresolved. We may have to return to this huge topic again. We are facing time constraints today, unfortunately. On behalf of the committee, I thank all the witnesses for attending. I apologise for the delay in bringing them in. I am sorry we are running short on time because we could run another meeting on this issue straight after this one. I thank Dr. Morgan and Ms O'Neill for coming in on behalf of the HSE disability services.