Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this question. I will be giving a lot of figures so I hope he has a biro. There are seven and 12 children's disability teams in the areas the Deputy asked about. In CHO 3, there are seven and in CHO 5, there are 12. One of the seven teams in CHO 3 is HSE-led and the rest are led by our partner organisations. I will go through the statistics for CHO 3 first. In Blackberry Park, the lead agency for which is Enable Ireland, the vacancy level is 10%. In Clare, where there is a HSE team, the vacancy level is 12%. In east Limerick, where the Daughters of Charity is the lead agency, the vacancy level is 4%. In south Limerick, where St. Gabriel's is the lead agency, there is a vacancy level of 88%. That is a new team that has just formed so we are not to be alarmed by that figure. In north Tipperary, which will be of particular interest to the Deputy, Enable Ireland is the lead agency and the vacancy level is 38%. In The Treehouse, where St. Gabriel's is the lead agency, the vacancy level is 7%. In west Limerick, where the Brothers of Charity is the lead agency, the vacancy rate is 3%.

I will move on to Carlow, and I see Deputy Murnane O'Connor is in the Chamber and will be interested to hear some of these figures. Ten of the 12 teams in Carlow are HSE-led. I will go through the list. In Carlow, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 23%. In Cashel, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 20%. In Clonmel, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 37%. In Dungarvan west, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 54%, which is extremely concerning. In Enniscorthy, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 41%. In Gorey, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 41%. In Kilkenny, Enable Ireland is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 9%. In New Ross, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 55%, which is extremely concerning. In Thomastown, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 28%. In Waterford north city, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 32%. In Waterford south, the Central Remedial Clinic is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 29%. In Wexford, the HSE is the lead agency and the vacancy rate is 40%.

The vacancy rates for individual CDNTs are available. The latest HSE national CDNT and workforce review from April this year states that CHO 3 has an improved CDNT staff complement of 163 whole-time equivalents. Of those posts, 140 have been filled.

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