Question from Deputy Claire Kerrane - PQ 69743-25

To ask the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that the current waiting times for primary care psychology in Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore which are currently in excess of two years ( the Head of Primary Care has attributed this to 'capacity challenges due to no additional primary care psychology and psychology administrative supports' and stated that 'new and additional posts would assist wait times and waiting list numbers' ), her plans to address these waiting times; if she intends to provide additional primary care psychology and psychology administrative supports; the timeframe for these; and if she will make a statement on the matter.