Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)

The Minister of State mentioned retention issues in children's disability network teams, CDNTs, quite a bit and this was focused on by senior HSE management and the National Disability Authority in the committee's previous two sessions as well. I keep trying to draw attention back to the elephant in the room, which is primary care services for young people. It has not been about retention there. It has been about chronic under resourcing over many years. What is the Minister of State's understanding of the staffing problems in child and adolescent primary care services, how serious are they, how do they interplay, or not, with the challenges in CDNTs, and what are the solutions?