The woman says her child has been waiting three years on a CDNT list.

Figures from the HSE seen by Breakingnews show 10,714 children were waiting for first contact, a slight drop from the 10,961 children at the end of June.

A woman whose child was on a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) waiting list for years has criticised the process she and her child have been put through

This is a drop from the 12,106 children waiting for their first contact at the end of April.

Of that figure, 8298 children are waiting over a year for first contact.

Mr Shortall submitted to Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger that the HSE ‘s alleged position was that “under no circumstances will we carry out an assessment”.

In October, there was 942 children who were on a waiting list who participated in one or more individual and/or group intervention appointments.