Mr. Martin Rogan:

Again, perhaps the HSE is in a better position to respond to that. Certainly, many families get support from a variety of different providers, including the HSE and providers in the disability NGO sector. Many of these services have had to be wound back and hours reduced. Even an element like transport to the services has to be adapted in the context of social distancing and the provision of PPE, so there will be an additional cost to how the services are provided. There will also be time streaming to provide services to people who cannot observe or may not fully understand the limitations, and who find it very difficult in terms of sensory stimuli and so on to engage with a person wearing a mask or other forms of PPE. There is still a lot more learning in this and it is at the early stages of reopening on a highly prioritised basis, as I understand it. However, it is not a field I am actively working in.