Question from Deputy Claire Kerrane - PQ 69752-25

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the current wait time for primary care psychology in Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore is in excess of two years; that the head of primary care services in the Midlands Louth Meath CHO has attributed these waiting times to ‘capacity challenges due to no additional primary care psychology and psychology administrative support’, and that ‘new and additional posts would assist the wait times and waiting lists; if and when she intends to provide these additional posts; and, if not, how she intends to address the wait times and waiting lists in Midlands Louth Meath CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter.