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Over 20,000 children overdue assessments to determine disability and supports

Over 20,000 children overdue assessments to determine disability and supports

Figures from the HSE show 20,209 children are overdue AON, with 16,960 children waiting over three months.

Teen disability activist starts 50-hour sleep-out during Storm Bram

Teen disability activist starts 50-hour sleep-out during Storm Bram

Teen disability activist Cara Darmody has started a 50-hour sleep-out at Leinster House to raise awareness around delays in assessment of need appointments

Teenage activist preparing for 50-hour sleepout outside Dáil

Teenage activist preparing for 50-hour sleepout outside Dáil

Cara Darmody, 15, from Ardfinnan, Co Tipperary, has long criticised State failures in delivering assessments on time.

Over 18,000 children over due Assessment of Need completion

Over 18,000 children over due Assessment of Need completion

Over three times more parents appealed HSE's assessments of children's needs last year

Over three times more parents appealed HSE's assessments of children's needs last year

Over 16,500 children still waiting for disability assessments, HSE figures reveal

Over 16,500 children still waiting for disability assessments, HSE figures reveal

Teenage disability campaigner describes shortage of therapists as ‘myth’

Teenage disability campaigner describes shortage of therapists as ‘myth’

Over 15,000 children overdue Assessment of Need completion

Over 15,000 children overdue Assessment of Need completion

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025

Documents seen by Breakingnews.ie show there are 15,296 children waiting for AON completion at the end of Q1 for 2025.

Teenager vows to ‘resist’ any weakening of six-month timeframe for assessments

Teenager vows to ‘resist’ any weakening of six-month timeframe for assessments

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Cara Darmody, 14, addressed the Oireachtas Disability Committee on Wednesday about the backlog in the assessment of need system.

Teenager to stage protest as needs-assessment waiting lists projected to soar

Teenager to stage protest as needs-assessment waiting lists projected to soar

Mon, 19 May, 2025

The total number of applications overdue for completion at the end of March 2025 stood at 15,296 – an 8 per cent rise on the end of 2024.

Record number of children with suspected disability seeking assessment in 2023

Record number of children with suspected disability seeking assessment in 2023

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

A total of 3,205 assessment reports were completed last year with 2,356 children (74 per cent of all cases) being deemed to have a learning disability.