Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One of the objectives of the programme for Government was to ensure that early intervention services for young children with disability would be available universally across the State. This is particularly important in terms of the various therapies that children get as outpatients. I accept that this is not just for one Department. What is being done by the Government to reduce the length of time it is taking to recruit people to provide these therapies and to make sure that, for example, absences such as illness or maternity leave are covered fully?

There are huge gaps in the service, particularly in my constituency, where there are waiting lists to which we see no end.

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