Supply chain delaying disabled kids' equipment - HSE

Rían O'Sullivan, 5, with his mum Regina Grieve. Rian has been waiting 10 months for a Liberator communications device, which costs around €5,000. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The HSE says supply lines are to blame for the wait endured by 18 families in Cork and Kerry for children's medical equipment.

Fine Gael TD Colm Burke was told last month that funding had been made available for 10 children in the Cork-Kerry region who are waiting up to 11 months for wheelchairs and other equipment. However, Mr Burke subsequently learned that 18 more children are waiting for equipment which has not yet been ordered.