Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)

I request the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent national and local importance, namely, the need to address contradictions between information supplied by the Department of Health and Children, regarding the employment of speech therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists, and the HSE, whereby the latter has claimed that services cannot be provided because of a lack of such staff, something borne out by lengthy queues. The Department insists that there is no embargo on recruiting such personnel, but the effects are leaving vulnerable children without essential services at a critical time in their lives.

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