Children with disabilities in Cork and Kerry wait up to four months for assessment 

Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, pledged funding for private assessment.

Children with disabilities in Cork and Kerry are waiting up to four months before assessment of their need for services begins, the HSE has said.

Some 705 children are waiting longer than the target time to have their assessment completed in this region alone.