Laura Harmon (Labour)

We heard from campaigner Cara Darmody and her dad last week regarding this. They were concerned about potential changes to the legislation. That is why I wanted to get Mr. Gloster's view on it.

Moving on to the issue around waiting lists in terms of therapies, the figures nationally are concerning. Locally, the waiting lists in Cork for psychology, speech and language therapy and audiology are concerning. There are 30-month waiting lists for primary care assessments for autism in Cork city. Children with complex disability needs are waiting an average of just under 12 months - 11.75 months - to access these services in Cork. What are the key barriers to the recruitment and retention of CDNT staff and what needs to be done to address them?