I too want to issue a fíor fáilte to Cara Darmody and her father, Mark. I wish her two brothers and mother, who are at home, well. I know the Darmody family all my life. I know Cara's grandfather and grandmother. They are a hard-working, decent family. Why does Cara Darmody have to leave her school to come up here in the rain today, as she does every day, to lobby for a law that has been broken? The Tánaiste has been talking about his opinion. He is in power. He met Cara as Taoiseach and as Tánaiste. She has met the present Taoiseach several times. It is like a merry-go-round. The law is being broken by the HSE. She has a simple ask - that the Government does not allow the laws that it makes to be flouted by an agency of the State - full stop. She is campaigning for children to get their assessment of need. If they cannot get that basic service, they cannot go anywhere. Does the Tánaiste know how frustrating it is for a family? I hear all the time from families in Tipperary who raise different cases. Could the Tánaiste please answer the questions? He is going around them. It is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. He is providing his opinion. He is in government. He sees the waste with the children's hospital. He also sees the waste with the maternity hospital.

I thank the Deputy. The time is up.

He is not listening to anything.

The time is up.

The State has a duty of care to Cara, her two brothers, and children like them.

The Deputy should please stop. The time is up.

As I said, on the education side, very significant investment and progress have been made in special education.

The Tánaiste should answer the question about Cara.

That is the first thing. I acknowledge that is not so much the case on the therapies side. I am not happy with that situation.

What about the law-breaking?

In terms of what has to happen, first, the CDNT teams and the HSE are endeavouring to recruit, but they are not getting sufficient numbers applying to put the full teams in place. There is a fundamental issue there in terms of recruitment and retention of therapists on the paediatric side and within children's areas more generally. That is a very practical challenge that the HSE has not been able to overcome.

The HSE is breaking the law.

The bottom line is that we need more therapists and children need more access to them as fast as we can possibly provide it.

I thank the Tánaiste.