Disability Services
Seanad Éireann — 2023-06-20
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Erin McGreehan (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

The Minister of State outlined a fairly depressing picture of staff vacancies in County Louth. I am aware the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is absolutely relentless and that it is also up to us to be relentless in this cause and in pushing the HSE to implement the recommendations of all these reviews and scoping exercises. We must work. The HSE has a responsibiltiy to pull out all the stops to hire staff. It has a responsibility to ensure those waiting lists are covered. If it is the case we go to private operators then so be it. We must do it. Children deserve the best and that is what we ask for as parents from the State. The Minister of State present sees this quite often in his constituency as well and he is a great advocate and supporter of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, who has provided the HSE with the funding for these improvements. The HSE is now under the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. It is about time the HSE looked at how it is not in line with the Department it is under not to provide these services to children and not to provide the proper staffing levels.

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Sitting date: 2023-06-20