Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There have been 161 waiting for 60 months; 113 have been waiting for between 48 and 60 months; and 82 have been waiting between 36 and 48 months. This is cruel and if we do eventually sign up to the applicable section of the UN charter when it comes to children's rights, we will be sued left, right and centre for this type of delay. Is the HSE writing to any of these children? In the case of the 161 who have been waiting for more than 60 months, I have to engage and initiate the correspondence. That cannot be right.