Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Sorca Clarke - PQ 64653-25
Deputy Clarke asked about the total cost incurred in outsourcing ASD assessments for children to private providers. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: November 2025
Updated: December 2025
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the total cost incurred by the HSE in outsourcing ASD assessments for children to private providers in the past five years; the number of children referred externally for assessment during that period; the average cost per outsourced assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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