FERGUS FINLAY: 10,000 reasons why we’re not the best little country in world to be a child
According to Barnardos there are more than 10,000 children on HSE waiting lists for an initial speech and language assessment. It would cost a measly €268m over five years to hire the professionals to fix these waiting lists, writes Fergus Finlay
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