Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude by saying that if Joe Wicks, the YouTuber, was able to go online and do jumping jacks and deliver a physiotherapy programme, if one likes, for young people with difficulties, from his living room in London and reach young Irish people across the country, then surely those on the HSE payroll should have been doing something similar.

There is huge frustration, including among parents with whom I would have engaged as a teacher 12 months ago about supports. This is something that the HSE will need to act on and ensure that where someone has a laptop and Internet connection, even a rudimentary programme could be rolled out to alleviate the immense pressures being felt by these kids and their parents. Speech and language therapy can be delivered. I know someone who is getting it very successfully privately. It has to move online in some format, albeit rudimentary. We cannot simply leave the void in the coming weeks.