Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the matter of children having suffered from hearing loss, which can, of course, have a very serious impact on their education, awareness of the environment, as well as impacting health and safety issues, etc., how do the witnesses see this issue being brought into focus and under the microscope, for want of a better description, to ensure the setting out of precise deadlines for these children to be dealt with? To a large extent, they cannot speak for themselves. What can we and the witnesses do about this situation in the short term?