Question from Deputy Liam Quaide - PQ 49889-26

To ask the Minister for Health the role, if any, additional NEPS-supported educational psychology trainees or graduates are expected to play in reducing assessment of need waiting lists, supporting implementation of the autism assessment protocol, and meeting the needs of children under five or children with complex disabilities; whether the HSE considers such trainees or graduates appropriately trained for that work; and if she will make a statement on the matter.