Dr. Cathal Morgan:

I will come in on the speech and language therapy and resourcing, and Ms O'Neill will address the assessment of needs. I know this concern was raised with the Minister of State, as the Deputy said, yesterday.

On speech and language therapy, what would be useful is if we provide this committee with a report on the distribution of the networks in the various geographical areas they are located in, and an update on where they are in terms of being operational. We will also provide the committee with a breakdown of the 100 posts we got last year and this year. There are posts yet to be allocated so we are in discussions with CHOs on those remaining posts which will be provided to them. We can link back with CHO 4 on the specific concern raised about west Cork. I understand what the Deputy is saying from the point of view of access issues and people being that distance away. We will come back on the CHO 4 question separately, if that is all right.