Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Ceann Comhairle. A public meeting was held in Meath the other night regarding the lack of services for children with disabilities. One woman spoke about her ongoing fight for basic services for her child from childhood into adulthood for the past 23 years. Another child was diagnosed with autism on the day of the meeting and the parent wondered if she will she be fighting the same battle and dealing with the same concerns in 20 years' time.

Another matter discussed at the meeting was the number of vacancies in the disability network for Meath and Louth. There has been a vacancy for a paediatric psychiatrist there for more than 14 years. Surely that is not good enough. When will these vacancies be filled.

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