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

I am very sorry to hear about that case. However, the Deputy will appreciate I am not in a position to comment about individual cases without having all the information and without having the right to waive privacy and all those things of which he will be aware. We all acknowledge, notwithstanding the additional resources and staff, that the current system is just not working, which is why we are pursuing this new model providing speech and language therapy through schools. I believe that pilot is supposed to begin this autumn in one of the community healthcare areas and if it works, it may provide the solution for the future.

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