Assessment of need. I will just read it out. Assessment of need. Cara, who is 15 years of age, can see that there has to be an assessment of need. A 15-year-old girl has been outspoken, supported by her family to support her family. She will be sleeping outside for 50 hours to highlight something that is not there, which we in here should be ashamed of. That is what it comes to. I will read out something relating to a person in my own area. He now has it in writing in his private psychological report, which cost €1,200, that he needs a special class or special school so he will be ready for when the NCSE portal opens in January for the September 2027 intake. He would not be ready if he was waiting for a public assessment. A child cannot get home school tuition, an ASD Ireland parking permit or an assistance dog in some charities without an assessment. Not having an assessment blocks everything. That is the problem. The assessments need to be done; six months is too long. The Government has tried to make an amendment to this and make improvements; I welcome it. However, by agreeing to something, it does not mean the Government is going to do it. It needs to be carried out and we need accountability. Cara was able to tell the Government that since the last assessment was done, the list has increased. From the last promises it said it would meet, the list has increased. The Government says it is going to do something, but the proof will be in the pudding when the delivery is done. I want the Government to deliver it. Cara wants it to deliver it. All the families want it to deliver it. Talk is cheap. It is about assessment of need. If somebody cannot do that within the remit of their own work and the guidelines set down around it, they should be moved out and someone who will actually do it should be got in. There are lots of people who will work with the Government to get the assessment of need but the bureaucratic bull that is put in the way of doing this is what is stopping a lot of assessments of need.

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