Minister moves to withdraw school therapist funding from HSE over recruitment failures

While some progress has been made in hiring 14 specialists which had been promised by mid-September, officials do not believe the HSE will meet targets

Anne Rabbitte recently stormed out of a meeting with senior HSE officials after relations broke down over a lack of delivery of therapists to special schools

The Disabilities Minister is moving to withdraw funding from the HSE over a failure to recruit therapists to special schools.

Anne Rabbitte now wants to take the responsibility away from the HSE for hiring specialists to support children and instead allocate the funding and authority for this to the Department of Education.