Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Farrelly for his support in this regard. My door is open as well if there are any good ideas. We do not have the monopoly on solutions and my door is fully open in that regard. This is about ongoing recruitment.

We have also been looking at what else we can do. There may be people working in other disciplines within the health sector who want to become therapists and could be upskilled. We must look at everything we can do. It is also about retention and pay. I get all of that. That is a key part of this as well. We must make sure there is a pipeline for the future given that disability is growing, not just here in Ireland but internationally, and we must also make sure we plan for the future so that we have the workforce coming in as well.

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