Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Deputy raising the issue. We have had ongoing engagement with the HSE and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in respect of this issue. There had been issues with the recruitment of therapists and the filling of vacancies in particular in paediatric services and the children's disability network teams in certain locations. The roll-out of the progressing disability services plan has been challenging in some, although not in all, areas. Other aspects of the health service tend to attract the therapists more easily than child disability services. That is an issue. We have been in discussions with the HSE with a view to trying to make sure that we get a sufficiency of therapists in child disability services.

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