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

We will receive approximately 189 posts. Working with the Minister, Deputy Harris, we are looking at our education and training boards, ETBs, in the context of the assistant grades, and some ETBs are incredibly proactive in that regard. In respect of physiotherapists, 73 assistant grade therapists qualified at levels 5 and 6 at the ETBs in Cavan-Monaghan, Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire, Kerry and Limerick. That amounts to 85 in total who have qualified as assistants. They are a great support to physiotherapists at a senior level because the senior therapist can write a programme and the assistant can deliver it within the six weeks. They can work in special schools and provide the space we need to expand. ETBs have a huge role to play through level 5 and 6 courses for the assistant grades.

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