Children's ombudsman calls for urgent reform of assessment of need system

The ombudsman's office published a report in 2020 on unmet needs in this area: "Six years later we are... reiterating many of the recommendations in that report."

The ombudsman for children has called for urgent reform of assessment of need for children with disabilities, saying action is still needed on recommendations made six years ago.

It is now typical for children to be waiting 27 months for these assessments, despite a legal requirement for them to be completed within six months, the Oireachtas disability committee heard.