Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2023
306. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consultation took place with therapy professionals representative organisations (details supplied) before or during the process of introducing the progressing disability services model; if he will detail the contents of this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14472/23]
View answerGovernment Departments, Ministers and Ministers of State work closely with all relevant stakeholders and experts on the development and implementation of policy. Input from professionals and their representative organisations is always welcome and successive Ministers and Ministers of State will have met with the organisations named on different occasions with different agendas to discuss a range of topics.
So they can provide information on any separate engagements they might have had with the organisations named with regard to the issue raised, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
