Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It certainly does. It is important that it happens in a timely fashionable and is measurable and accountable. While I talk about the 743 therapists, I need to see those numbers go down and find their way into positions. We need to go from a 30% to 40% gap in vacancies. I need to near my 90% operational piece, where I can have trainee therapists on site. That is my ambition and it has to be delivered at a timely pace. To be honest, it is important for me to clearly tell the Deputy that there is a policy shift in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Health. It is not that the Minister of State says that she would like something. We need to make a transition while the progressing disability services for children and young people, PDS, programme is being rolled out. It is not an aspiration. It is a policy shift supported by the Taoiseach and Government colleagues.