Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Happy New Ear campaign group for appearing before the committee. Blessed is Mr. Shay Kearns among women. The implant is the most amazing piece of technology and provides the gift of sound. For those of us who have the gifts of hearing and speech, it is very hard to imagine what it would be like to live without them. Did I pick up the figure correctly that 250 children or perhaps more had hearing difficulties?