Ms Deirdre Kenny:

As far as we were aware, the 100 posts recently announced were across all therapies. We would be grateful to take them all for speech and language therapy, however.

Looking at disability waiting lists, it is not enough to have speech and language therapists because we work in teams. To make a diagnosis, one needs psychologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. In terms of disability teams, more speech and language therapists alone will not solve many of those issues.

The Senator referred to a review in 2019. That is the first we have heard of that.