House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-02-09 Daily Xml

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National Disability Insurance Scheme

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (16:02): My question is to the Minister for Disabilities, and can I congratulate her on her long overdue arrival on the front bench. Now that the state government has signed a new, permanent agreement with the federal government for the NDIS, can the minister inform the house what the cost of the funding shortfall to South Australia is, due to former ministers' underestimations of the number of children eligible for the NDIS?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (16:02): There are still a number of issues that are evolving in the disability reform space, and one of the issues is the children who have commenced in February integrating into the system after the first cohort of the trial up to the age of 14. We are still assessing some of those lists, but some of the outstanding definitional issues and funding issues, as we know from the federal minister, are still being resolved.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary, member for Morphett.