Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

Of course we will look at the organisation of services more generally. It is very important to me that every hour a therapist works delivers therapeutic services. I do not want to see therapists in cars. That is one of the reasons the Minister, Helen McEntee, is doing such strong work to make sure there are therapists based in schools, where they can have the most effective and efficient use of their time. I appreciate that is a transitional period at the moment as she moves to do that and provide services in special schools in the first instance. There will be a measure of travel if we are going to get the best out of every hour from every therapist who wants to do therapy work. I hear the Senator about the geography and I will reflect on it. It is a matter for the local area to organise its services, but we need therapists doing therapy.