Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
Which is obviously what we need. That makes complete sense. On some level, Mr. Gloster has dealt with a fair amount regarding therapies and assessments of need. It is about how we obtain the best bang for our buck. We all welcome the fact that those workforce planning pieces are being put in place, although they are not sufficient, it is not happening quickly enough and all the rest of it. That includes the granting of bursaries on the condition that somebody works within a CDNT. All of that is necessary. What is the timeline? The Minister said yesterday that 414.5 positions remain unfilled in the context of AONs. Will it still take four or five years or will it happen sooner?
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