Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The Minister of State spoke of the children's disability network teams and the 91 different units.
Where are we in terms of the recruitment and retention of staff within those network teams? Much of our difficulty is access to therapies. The Minister of State mentioned that previously. I refer to the lack of occupational therapists and speech and language therapies, the significant delays and parents losing faith in the system. Where are we in terms of trying to recruit in areas, such as community healthcare organisation, CHO, 2 and is there a plan in place for 2021?
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