John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When I have asked about this, I have been told these are aids and appliances and are dealt with by somebody else. My point to the Taoiseach is that we cannot let time go by for these children. It is simply wrong. They are progressing, then there is a lack of service or a hiccup with the service or whatever it might be, and they just go backwards. It is having a devastating effect on families. Some of these families are on the verge of separating because they cannot manage it any more in their lives. It is not that the HSE is not getting the money. In these cases the HSE actually has the money.