3,662 needs assessments for children with disabilities overdue

3,662 applications for ‘assessment of need’ for children with disabilities were overdue at the end of last October, 30% of them in Cork and Kerry, says the HSE.

The national average duration of the assessment, per report completed, is now peaking at 18-and-a-half months. A decade ago, it took an average of 8.75 months.