Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am encouraged by that answer, and it is very good to hear. If I look at CAMHS in my constituency - and again, I appreciate the cross-departmental view but disability support is critical - our numbers are moving in the right direction. As the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman will be aware, Fingal, with the youngest, fastest-growing community in Ireland, has acute needs, and those needs are unfortunately stacking up. I welcome the news that there are up to 500 individuals who have applied. How quickly can those individuals be rolled out in the appropriate places with the appropriate expertise across the service provision?

I have one key issue that the Minister of State might address in her response. Does she have a view on supports for children going from supported education, for instance, from primary school into secondary school, where the supports do not necessarily follow? I am pleased she mentioned school leavers with regard to the strategy laid out in this plan. It is obviously of key importance to children as once they turn 18 and leave the education system, there tends to be a gap.

See this speech in context