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

I thank the Deputy for raising a similar issue to the previous contributor. It is important to reiterate there was never an embargo on recruitment in disabilities. In CDNT teams, we have 700 vacant posts which are fully funded and there is a continuous recruitment campaign under way. Regarding adult multidisciplinary teams, we have in the budget, for the first time ever, a pathway to ensuring therapists can be recruited onto such teams. It is a priority.

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