Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The point of contact with the Department of Health or the delivery of the relevant services from the overall Department of Health's array of services would be through the National Council for Special Education and not through the Department of Education and Skills per se. In due course the NCSE would advise us as to what level of engagement and what kinds of services it is trying to get and share with the Department of Health, where appropriate, and what the cost implications would be from our point of view. We are not at that point. As I said in reply to Deputy McConalogue, I am expecting the advice early in 2013, but I have no indication as to what that means or when precisely I will have it.

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