Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 July 2021
350. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of new early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020 in view of the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32129/21]
View answer351. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a full staff early intervention team, including an occupational therapist, psychologist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32130/21]
View answer352. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of school age teams that are currently operating across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32131/21]
View answer353. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a full staff school age team, including an occupational therapist, psychologist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32132/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 350 to 353, inclusive, together.
As these Parliamentary Questions relate to operational issues, they are a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.
