11 new teams with 44 staff will be hired next year, in an effort to tackle the backlog of assessments of need in the country.
Each unit will include a psychologist, a speech and language therapist, an occupational therapist, and an administrator.
It’s part of a series of changes to the assessment of need process being brought in by Government.
Children’s Minister Norma Foley says the hiring process for these new staff will begin in January.
