Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is just what is happening on the ground, and that is why I am asking Mr. Gloster the question. There is a 12-year-old Down's syndrome girl and her parents had approached the services for speech and language therapy and were told there was one part-time speech and language therapist for the area - this was in Louth - and there were 700 people waiting. Can Mr. Gloster explain to me what he just said there? There is no pause, and then he said that in primary services there is an element of pause. What does that mean in layman's terms?

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