Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have been contacted by the parents of a 22-year-old girl who has suspected cerebral palsy but she needs the diagnosis confirmed through an MRI scan in order to access supports and services. She was referred last April to Temple Street for an MRI scan and she got an appointment for this coming January. That is a nine to ten-month waiting list. I presume every other child on the list is waiting that length of time as well. What is the issue? Is it that there are insufficient scanners or insufficient radiologists? Is this going to be exacerbated further by the HSE recruitment freeze, which is a result of the underinvestment in health by the Government? Children should not have to wait this long for a scan to access a diagnosis to get services.

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