Ms Magdalen Rogers:

We are very much focusing on neurology and neurology nurses, but I am very glad Deputy Cullinane has raised the issue of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy because it is something we in the Neurological Alliance of Ireland are extremely concerned about. The three-year implementation plan for the neuro-rehabilitation strategy was published in February 2019. That committed to establishing the multidisciplinary community neuro-rehabilitation teams that the Deputy is talking about in every CHO in the country. As it stands at the moment, despite funding being provided for two additional teams in 2019 in CHO 6 and CHO 7, those teams have yet to be established and there are still no dedicated community neuro-rehabilitation teams in a majority of other areas of the country