THE director of the Clare Crusaders Clinic in Ennis yesterday claimed that vital services from the HSE are not there for children requiring speech and language therapy.

A RECORD number of children required crisis intervention from the HSE last year, with the executive admitting that there is a “significant under-resourcing” of social work departments to meet the challenge.

A TD from Cork city has called on the HSE to begin treatment immediately on the older children who have been on orthodontic waiting lists for more than three years.