Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I get that. That is where I was going next. In fairness, they stated that the assessment of need, as Mr. O'Regan said, is sometimes seen as a panacea whereas it is the same people who provide therapies. They cannot provide therapies when they are doing other work. The option of getting private diagnoses and whatever else was open for parents who could afford it, or were facilitated to do so. As has been said, everyone is being sent in the direction of an assessment of need. Schools need it in order for them to get the necessary services for a child and parents are being told it is the only way to go. We will always end up in circumstances whereby services will never be fit to deliver things despite constantly being taken to court. I get that. Given the constraints we have, what circumstances, situation or system would actually work in the short and long terms? The current system is obviously not working for anyone.