West Cork parents 'frustrated' by delayed access to disability services

More than forty children were on the waiting list for their local Children’s Disability Network Team and had not yet received initial contact from the team

West Cork TD Holly Cairns said she has been contacted by several families “rightly concerned and frustrated" at waiting times to access a range of disability services. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Three-quarters of the children on a waiting list to access a range of disability services in west Cork have been waiting more than four months, newly released figures show.

As of the end of September, 41 children were on the waiting list for their local Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in the region, and had not yet received initial contact from the team, according to data revealed in response to parliamentary questions submitted by Labour TD Seán Sherlock.