Thousands awaiting assessments for occupational therapy

Michael Moynihan, chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters, who was given the updated figures. File picture.

New figures show that 36,335 people are still awaiting a first time assessment for occupational therapy – including 20,996 children, more than half of whom have been waiting more than a year.

The figures for the end of December show just a marginal decrease compared to those posted last August, when just over 37,000 people were on the waiting list.