Disabilities Assessments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Questions (2296)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

2296. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessments of needs by CHO area; the average waiting time for assessments in each CHO area; the number of children on each of the waiting lists for special needs supports including speech and language, occupational therapists and so on by CHO area; the average waiting time length for each service in each CHO area; the number of full-time equivalent occupational therapists and speech and language therapists; and the number of full-time equivalent staff employed in the assessment of need team and disability team in each CHO area in tabular form. [37280/21]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.