PQ 194
194. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people, where waiting-lists across the disciplines of psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy are in crisis; if she will suspend the pay and numbers strategy and undertake a comprehensive recruitment drive based on those benchmarks, as well as recruiting additional staff in the short-medium term to help address waiting-lists that now far exceed the capacity of a fully staffed service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64548/25]
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194. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people, where waiting-lists across the disciplines of psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy are in crisis; if she will suspend the pay and numbers strategy and undertake a comprehensive recruitment drive based on those benchmarks, as well as recruiting additional staff in the short-medium term to help address waiting-lists that now far exceed the capacity of a fully staffed service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64548/25]
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