Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Doherty for again raising this matter. His reminder that Harry, at such a young age, has already undergone a hip operation, which is such a large and significant operation for a child to go through, and the other six children in the school of course reminds me why it is so important to make the funding available to the HSE, through the work of the Minister for Health, to put in place the right roles and posts to assist these girls and boys in their journey of life. It is because of the duty we have to them. I am very concerned to hear that despite funding being made available to have a physiotherapist in place in the school, young Harry is not in a position to access this or is not allowed to in the way Deputy Doherty has said. The Minister for Health indicated to me in the course of Deputy Doherty raising the matter that he will certainly make contact on this issue to understand why this is happening and to see what can be done to give Harry and his fellow students the start that Deputy Doherty, I and the Government want to make sure they can have.

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