Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised)
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
We are all familiar with issues with not having enough OTs and speech and language therapists, SLTs. Taking only the OTs in these neurorehabilitation teams, some will need very specific skill sets. How do we ensure we get these people with the acute skills and get them trained up, as is necessary? I am aware of times when people have been able to access occupational therapy but it has not been the bespoke OT solution they require if we are talking about, say, multiple sclerosis.
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