Disability Services
Seanad Éireann — 2025-03-05
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Jerry Buttimer (FG), Cork South-Central

-----with 93 teams across the country. I accept there are varying degrees of service provision. The teams are also providing strategies and supports for urgent cases as the waiting list for staffing resources allows. In 2025, €10 million was made available for children's services, building on existing recruitment issues, with funding focusing on various positions across CDNTs, with new therapist posts, staff grade posts, health and social care assistant posts and clinical trainee posts. I reiterate that the Government is committed and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, is determined to work to ensure the discrepancies and, as the Senator said, the reiterative failures are addressed. We will work to ensure that the CDNT capacity is increased and that the appropriate level of services for children with disabilities is provided.
I fully agree that we have let many of them down. We need to do a lot more. I reiterate the point that from my conversations with her, the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, is determined to address the anomalies. I look forward to working with the Senator on the matter and I thank him for raising it this morning. I also thank Kelly-Marie for being here this morning.

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Sitting date: 2025-03-05