Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a pilot scheme so we will have to see how it works out. The real intention is to avoid having to refer children to the HSE in the first place. Children will receive speech and language therapy in schools and preschools, thus avoiding them having to be referred to the HSE and ending up on a waiting lists. Perhaps I did not explain it very well earlier.

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