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Dáil

Written answer

Disability Services

Summary

The Minister said the HSE funds AsIAm’s AAC programme and was asked to respond directly on future funding and eligibility.

182. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the AsIAm AAC support programme, which is now at full capacity and closed to new applications, will receive funding in 2027 to reopen; the amount allocated; and whether the programme will be extended beyond autistic children to others who need high-tech AAC devices. [74774/26]

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Emer Higgins Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality Fine Gael

Funding for the AsIAm AAC Support Programme is provided by the HSE. I have asked my officials to arrange for the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

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