Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion
Mr. Mark Smyth:
No, the €7.8 million given was to clear pre-existing referrals to AON that were received by the HSE prior to 1 January 2020. That was to clear the existing backlog of evidence-based assessments completed by clinicians. The €7.8 million is not towards the PTA model but the pre-existing one.