Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for passing on the case. I will ask the HSE for a detailed note on it. A significant additional number of healthcare professionals need to be hired in disability services. Sanction is in place for several hundred posts that are currently unfilled. The HSE has found it harder to fill the children's healthcare roles in disability services and mental health services than the adult roles. I am engaged directly with the HSE on this matter. It is looking at different service provision models. Ultimately, the solution to this is to hire into the roles that have already been sanctioned and make sure this child and all the other children waiting for care get it quickly.

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