Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a lengthy section in the programme for Government on disability objectives and legislation. Focusing on one area, it states:

Personalised budgets provide an individual with more control in accessing services, giving them greater independence and choice. We will devolve budgets to the person so that they may shop beyond traditional service providers to better fit their needs. To do so, we will establish a Taskforce within 3 months on the implementation of personalised budgets for persons with disabilities. Core to this Taskforce will be:- The adoption of a single national coherent application system to develop budgets before end 2017

- The adoption of a single national coherent system of accountability for the spend

- Exploring brokerage models...

- Actively monitoring practice, usage and trends....

We are now in October 2017. Will the Taoiseach update the House on progress in the establishment of the task force and its work, as outlined, all of which is to happen before the end of 2017?

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