Ms Olivia Flanagan:

I want to say to the Deputy that what we need in County Carlow is services. We need people on the ground. We need therapists. All of our members, 100% of them, need speech and language therapy. That is closely followed by occupational therapy and physical therapy. That is our number one need and our number one want. I was thinking the other day about the difference between a want and a need. Our children need services, this is not a want. What we need right now is to help our children. Without that help we are on the back foot trying to help our children.