Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not in a position to update the Deputy on the status of an individual post. I can say, however, that the Government, including the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, is very committed to trying to recruit more speech and language therapists. I do not want the development of our youngest children to be affected by an inability to gain access to speech and language therapy, in particular. I acknowledge this happens more than it should. I am very much aware of the issue, particularly within my constituency. The Government has plans and has the funding in place to try to recruit further speech and language therapists to deal with an issue which I do not want to see develop.

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