John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I take precisely the advice the Deputy is giving. I have already initiated those policy decisions under a number of headings. I have no difficulty meeting the HSE and providing publicly the comparator figures. I insisted that two people from the disability sector - one from the intellectual disability sector and one from the physical disability sector - should be on the review committee examining the funding for disabilities to ensure that everything the Deputy is saying would be put in place.

I agree with the Deputy that probably owing to the changeover from the old health board system to the HSE there has been certain confusion as to who is the lead in disabilities in each area. I do not use the review in the context of a long-fingered approach. I am talking about having the review completed and report published by mid-June. That part will bring total clarity to those in charge in each specific local health area.

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