Ms Rachel Kenna:

I can get greater detail for the Cathaoirleach on speech and language therapists. We only record the figures for those employed by the HSE and not in private practice. The decrease reflects the movement into private practice for some of our speech and language therapists. We do know that some of them go to the UK and work there, and come back. We have not got the same migration details on the workforce for speech and language therapists and the other therapists yet. The data is still being worked on this year. It is a focus for workforce planning.