Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Aoife O'Donohue:

Yes, and how we have improved it. To date, our level of new referrals who came into the system in quarter 1 is 3,131. The number of assessments of need, AONs, we actually closed out in quarter 1 was 1,412. That is an increase in our actual overall capacity of 65% based on quarter 1 last year-----