Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The service statement will outline the services to be provided within the resource availability of the HSE. The difference between the content of the service statement and the content of the statement of assessment are the unmet needs. They will be reported in communicative form at the end of the year so that there will be a global statement of unmet needs for all people with disabilities, which will enable us to provide for better service planning and so that a very transparent approach is taken to what are those unmet needs. There will not be any specific statement of unmet needs. This is not provided for, other than the difference between the statement of assessment and the service statement.