John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On 28 June, my 11-year-old daughter had just broken for her school holidays and was looking forward to the summer that lay ahead. Little did we know what was to unfold. At 12.30 that night, Croía had a spontaneous brain haemorrhage. She received phenomenal care in Beaumont, Crumlin and Temple Street hospitals, particularly from all those in St. Gabriel's ward, from the cleaners, the porters, the nurses, the doctors, the consultants. As part of her care plan, she was referred for physio services and was deemed as a priority case. Four months later, we have got nothing - no dates, physio or anything like that. I am raising this on the floor of the Dáil not for me, not to get any preferential treatment or anything like that, but to give a voice to all the other children and their families out there experiencing similar situations. In Wicklow, 30% of children referred for physio services are waiting six months or longer. By any stretch of the imagination, that is a scandal and a disgrace, particularly when physio services are seen as a critical part of the care plan for recovery. What does the Minister say to my daughter, who had a spontaneous brain haemorrhage and is dependent on that service, and all the other kids out there who have been failed by the Government in terms of putting in place those critical services for kids like my daughter?

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