975. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapist posts that are currently vacant across the 91 children disability network teams throughout the country; the number that have left the teams; the number that have been recruited since the National Staff Census and Workload Review was undertaken by the HSE in October 2022; if he is aware of the major retention problem in the profession; the number of children that are awaiting initial assessment; the number that are awaiting initial therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13569/23]

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975. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapist posts that are currently vacant across the 91 children disability network teams throughout the country; the number that have left the teams; the number that have been recruited since the National Staff Census and Workload Review was undertaken by the HSE in October 2022; if he is aware of the major retention problem in the profession; the number of children that are awaiting initial assessment; the number that are awaiting initial therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13569/23]

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