Assessment of need reform 'not code for taking away the right to it', says HSE chief

Bernard Gloster arriving at Leinster House to answer questions from deputies on Wednesday. He told the Oireachtas Disability Committee: 'Assessment of need, I believe, needs reform.'   Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster pledged reform of the assessment of need (AON) system is not code for removing children’s right to this at the Oireachtas Disability Committee on Wednesday.

Waiting lists in Cork and Kerry were also raised and he is concerned about long delays facing children there in particular.