Third of jobs in Cork's children's disability teams remain to be filled

On Cork’s northside, which has four special schools with 266 pupils, only two therapists have been sanctioned

“Parents are at their wits end. They tell me that every single day is a battle for services and support for their children." File picture

Nearly a third of posts in children’s disability network teams (CDNT) in Cork are vacant, new figures show.

It has prompted calls for an urgent recruitment campaign to address chronic understaffing and to improve services to affected families who face long waits for a first contact with a CDNT.