Question from Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - PQ 38080-26
Deputy O'Sullivan asked about the number of children currently waiting for a psychology assessment in the HSE South West region. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs and HSE South West
Published: May 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide details on the number of children currently waiting for a psychology assessment through primary care and Children's Disability Network Teams in the HSE South West region covering Cork and Kerry; if she is aware that Cork and Kerry had the highest regional psychology waiting list in the country with 6,216 children awaiting assessment as of April 2025, while nationally 11,552 children had been waiting more than one year for a psychology assessment; the specific investment that has been directed to that region to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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