Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question is similar. I want to speak about the CDNT in Carlow. Carlow has a population of more than 60,000 but in the CDNT there is one nurse manager, one dietitian, two physiotherapists, two social workers, one nurse, 1.7 SLTs and no occupational therapists. In excess of 100 children in Carlow are awaiting speech and language therapy and 170 waiting for OT. The Minister of State knows early intervention is key. There are also 282 adults who have been waiting for physio over the past year and a half. The HSE tells me it is because of recruitment challenges but that is not acceptable. I have families ringing me every day. It is coming up on the doors every day in Carlow, and then there is the embargo in the HSE. We really are hitting a crisis. What can the Minister of State do for the CDNT in Carlow?

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