Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Last November, the Minister of State made a promise and she has not delivered on that promise. The Minister of State owes this school. The Minister of State owes these children. They have an ask and I am asking the Minister of State to reply to this. They are asking for sufficient funding to hire the therapists even if it is only for a few months before the Minister of State gets them into the pilot scheme. They do not want to be left hanging in limbo. Maybe there will be a pilot scheme. Maybe there will be something in January. They are asking for the funds now to hire the therapists. They are ready to go. If they are in the pilot scheme, it is fair enough to take it from there. If the Minister of State's answer to that question is "No", how long is she asking this school and these children to wait?

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