Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government agreed yesterday that the formal transfer of functions will happen on 1 March 2023. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, will be the lead for all disability services. I can assure the Deputy that right across Government the pressing issues are being addressed, particularly in areas such as children's disability services. Given the fact that waiting lists have gone up since the court ruling on assessment of need happened, it is a top priority. There is a new strategy being finalised. We will be dedicating a lot of resources and attention to hiring the therapists we need in the children's disability teams to get these children the care they need.

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