Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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These are significant variations, with children waiting between six months and three years depending on where they live. Will the witnesses give us a sense of the missed opportunity caused by this variation of two and half years between those waiting for six months and those waiting for up to three years? Will they describe the missed opportunity for the children who must wait an additional two and a half years?