Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I seek one point of clarification from the script the Minister of State read. It surrounds the provision of private therapies. Towards the end of the Minister of State's script it states that she remains supportive of the use of available private capacity, and the funding of same. Obviously, that is attached to the proviso that those schools which have the chance of getting private therapists would need to be in the pilot. That goes back to the fundamental point in my opening remarks where I asked whether we can bring the date forward for the next tranche of schools. I would hope and anticipate that St. Killian's will be among those ten schools that will be brought forward. If we bring forward the date, that would give it the capacity in the interim to employ those private therapists, as it is trying to do. I urge the bringing forward of the deadline. It is imperative.

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