Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is so damning that the system is forcing out people who want to work in this area and who have trained hard.

Ms Whitmarsh talked about the fact that in her area, 18 of 23 young people have been waiting for two years or more. She commented that the passage of time haunts her. It is a shocking that she has been brought to a point where she says she is haunted by that with respect to her own children and others. Parents should not be put into that situation.

Ms Whitmarsh talked in her presentation about therapist assistants. To what extent are those posts available? What is the HSE's attitude to creating those posts? How do our guests feel that would improve the service?