Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin - PQ 53236-26
Deputy Ó Súilleabháin asked about the procedure in place when a child can't access CDNT services locally due to staffing shortages. Read the HSE response
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: July 2026
Updated: August 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the procedures in place where a child requires specialist intervention that cannot be provided by their local CDNT due to staffing shortages; and whether the HSE considers it acceptable that children may remain without essential services because required professionals are unavailable locally.
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