A Donegal TD has told the Dáil that a grandfather offered to give up his dialysis treatment so his three-year-old grandson could receive speech and language therapy.

The child is non-verbal, and his grandfather wrote to Tánaiste Simon Harris offering to sacrifice his own treatment to help him.

He is yet to get a reply.

HSE figures show more than six thousand children were waiting to begin speech and language therapy at the end of August.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty, who raised the case, says he was taken aback by the grandfather’s email:

A Donegal TD has told the D&aacute;il that a grandfather offered to give up his dialysis treatment so his three-year-old grandson could receive speech and language therapy.
The child is non-verbal, and his grandfather wrote to T&aacute;naiste Simon Harris offering to sacrifice his own treatment to help him.
He is yet to get a reply.
HSE figures show more than six thousand children were waiting to begin speech and language therapy at the end of August.
Sinn F&eacute;in TD Pearse Doherty, who raised the case, says he was taken aback by the grandfather&rsquo;s email:

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North West Business Park, Collooney, Ireland
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Ocean FM is a multi award winning local radio station that broadcasts to the Northwest of Ireland. The station covers the area of South County Donegal, North County Leitrim and County Sligo.

The current CEO of the station is Niall Delaney and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) lists their target audience as 'being all age, socio-economic and ethnic groups across the community'. The station currently employs 22 full-time and 30 part-time staff.

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Broadcasting to Sligo, North Leitrim and South Donegal.
North West Business Park, Collooney, Ireland
102.5-105FM

Text/WhatsApp us on 00353 83 3500 530 
Telephone 00353 818 365 500 / 00353 71 91 18100 (9am to 6pm Mon to Fri)

Ocean FM is a multi award winning local radio station that broadcasts to the Northwest of Ireland. The station covers the area of South County Donegal, North County Leitrim and County Sligo.

The current CEO of the station is Niall Delaney and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) lists their target audience as 'being all age, socio-economic and ethnic groups across the community'. The station currently employs 22 full-time and 30 part-time staff.