Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa

9:30 am

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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There has been difficulty in areas such as speech and language therapy going back years. Is it getting worse or is it being improved in any fashion at all? For example, there was no maternity leave for speech and language providers. Is maternity leave now provided for, with a person available to drop in to cover for the leave period?