Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Cara raised some vital points in my meetings with her. One issue I have taken totally and completely on board, on which I was assisted by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, was the allocation of €11.5 million to address assessment of needs. We are in the final days of producing our progressing disability services, PDS, roadmap, in addition to putting a plan in place where we will not just see assessment of needs done on an ad hoc basis between the 91 PDS teams. We will put regional assessment teams in place so there is a structure and plan. There will then be an outflow, whether it is back into education or the disability PDS teams. There is a plan and pathway. Perhaps the Minister for Social Protection will answer the other pieces.

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