Public Sector Staff
Dail Éireann — 2024-07-09
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

-----because of the damage it did after the economic crash. However, in key areas I have mentioned - CAMHS, CDNTs, teachers, nurses, allied health professionals - we have a serious problem. This is causing immense hardship for the service users. There are long waiting lists and double whammies for people with special needs and disability. The kids and parents get hit in education, and then in the services supposed to be provided by the HSE. That is compounded by things we will be dealing with in the next question about section 39 workers not getting the same pay and conditions as other workers, which is absolutely crazy. The housing crisis is hitting them and is a major reason they cannot people they need, and lots of young people qualified in these areas are leaving the country. We have to do more. There is no point in saying it is all hunky-dory because it is far from it.

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Sitting date: 2024-07-09