Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Marie SherlockMarie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)

I thank all the officials and the Minister. We could probably spend two days talking about all the issues. I welcome the initiative on physiotherapy, OT and SLT. There is a glaring omission, though, with regard to psychology therapies. At the end of last year, we had nearly 24,000 children waiting, while over 10,000 had been waiting 12 months or longer. Why has psychology not been included in this initiative given that primary care covers all four therapies?

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