Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for cutting across Mr. O'Flaherty. At the moment, the role of assistant psychologist within the HSE has an uncertain future. As Mr. O'Flaherty stated, it is limited to primary care, in contrast to the NHS where there are permanent contracts and psychologists are employed in a variety of settings so expertise is built up. Is that something that can be easily fixed or is it a matter of political will? What is the barrier to that in Ireland?