An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-21
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Micheál Carrigy (FG), Industrial and Commercial Panel

No, it was on TG4 but it is better to go and watch a match live.
I also want to comment on the news emanating from Cabinet with regard to the setting up of a fund similar to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to support families who have to get an assessment of their child's needs and pay for services such as speech and language therapy or occupational therapy where the State is unable to provide them. This is something that I have been advocating for some time and have raised as a Commencement matter previously. It is also recommendation No. 27 in the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism which was published last year. I am delighted to see that the Government, supported by the Taoiseach, has put this fund in place so that we can support families who have to pay for private assessments of need and various therapies where the State cannot provide them. It is a very positive day.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-21