Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The elaboration and extra information for which the amendment provides will not only help to determine needs but inform future strategy. The number, age and category of persons with disability will be supplied concurrently rather than gathered to ensure that when a strategy is prepared for the provision of, for example, speech therapists, it is immediately apparent what is required and when. The inclusion of information on ages of persons with disability means it will be possible to identify immediately at what level services will need to be delivered.