Galway Bay fm newsroom - There are over 3 thousand children across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon waiting for speech and language therapy.
That's according to Galway-Roscommon TD Eugene Murphy, who says the delay is undermining the principle of early intervention.
He says the HSE Service Plan has a target that no-one should be waiting more than a year for assessment or initial treatment.
However, the Fianna Fáil Deputy says the figures show that hundreds of children across the west are already waiting longer than 12 months.
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Deputy Murphy says the only solution is for the HSE to recruit more therapists.
