Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)

That is their estimation. We have been looking at recruitment and retention issues, putting more therapists through our third level institutions, looking at therapy assistance and putting therapists into our special schools. We also have looked at recruitment drives, both domestically and internationally. Some Departments ask for assessments of need, indirectly or not, and drive that demand where there are people who potentially are on that list who do not need it to access the services.

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