Number of children waiting over three months for disability assessment 'appalling', says FF

The number of children who are being kept waiting for their statutory right to a disability assessment is increasing, new figures show.

According to new figures released to Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Disability, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony TD, the number of children on waiting lists has increased from 3,217 at the end of Q2, 2016, to 4,120 at the end of May – an increase of more than 28%.