Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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1244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the HSE to investigate whether providing group speech and language therapy while children await therapy sessions would be possible to ensure that more children get access to speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17318/23]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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As this refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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1245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered allowing children to access therapies in a neighbouring CHO, if that CHO has capacity to offer additional services and their own CHO does not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/23]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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As this refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.