59 people from Clare have been waiting for over a year for a speech and language assessment.
They’re among a total of 1,234 people in Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary who have been waiting for an assessment of their conditions.
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Most of those affected are children.
The figures were released to Sinn Féin by the HSE, in response to a parliamentary question, and party TD Violet-Anne Wynne has said successive governments have allowed the long waits for assessments to build up, and that this is not acceptable.
