Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

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

2:00 am

Dr. Rosalyn Tamming:

They probably could not. The planning behind the numbers per team was not as robust as it could have been and population sizes changed. Part of the workforce element we are going to examine relates to those parameters and population cohort sizes. The percentage of children with disabilities should not change hugely between different areas. There may be some populations with a lot of migrants or areas where more support is needed. Having all the teams fully staffed as a starting point would be great. The next step would be to ask what the optimal staffing is?