Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about the Government's promise in the programme for Government to train and have more HSE speech and language therapists in place and to increase the number to 1,102, which is a 25% increase. There is a major crisis in my constituency, in particular in County Leitrim, in regard to early intervention and there is no access at all for preschool children to speech and language therapists. I want an assurance that recruitment has started and that additional training will be in place to ensure the service is provided.

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