Mark Wall (Kildare South, Labour)

I always welcome the Minister of State finishing with a question like that. I am going to use the opportunity once again to raise Sensational Kids, a new building in Kildare town. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of this particular building. It remains unbuilt since November 2024. This building could have allowed up to 300 children per week in the greater Kildare and Leinster area to receive those services I mentioned but also training for those therapists in speech and language, OT and physiotherapy. That was a proposal that was part of Sensational Kids. I understand that proposal is with the HSE now but it would make a difference for so many families in Leinster. I still state that as much as I support public services, families are crying out for that early intervention and those emergency services. Maybe if the Minister of State or her Department get the chance, they might come back to me on how many have availed of those emergency services, and they might also look at that Sensational Kids proposal, which would be so beneficial to so many people in the area I am from.

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