Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Tyrrell for the question and her interest in the National Disability Insurance Scheme. I will come back to the senator with more information, if I can. I'm not specifically aware of the organisations you speak of but, as Minister for Finance, we have been increasing funding to the NDIS every year to meet some of the increasing costs around the scheme. We know, from the way the scheme operates, that individuals get a package and then they can track that package with providers. That has, at times, meant that the viability of providers has been more difficult than it has been in the past, but I am not aware of funding cuts to the NDIS. We have been providing extra money every year and we will continue to—