The Disability Act states that anyone requiring an assessment of need is legally entitled to one within six months of the request being made
The Taoiseach has called for reforms of the Disability Act amid a rising number of children who are overdue an assessment of need .
Over 11,000 children with disabilities are overdue an assessment of need after the first half of the year. It comes as a major protest takes place outside the Dáil later highlighting the plight of families of autistic children..New HSE figures, however, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show 11,131 children were overdue an assessment of need by the end of June.Some 81% of those children are overdue an assessment of need by more than three months.
The examination identifies a child's health needs and what services are required to meet those needs. Some 1,841 assessments were completed in the first half of 2024, with just 10% of those completed within the legally required timeline."There was a court ruling in terms of determining what an assessment if need was and how long somebody needed to have - in terms of a number of hours - to classify as an assessment," he said.
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