257 children are currently waiting for physical and psychological therapies in the Roscommon region.
Figures released from the Saolta Hospital group show many children on the list are waiting close to a year for the vital treatments.
Speech and language therapies, occupational therapies and psychological counselling in the Roscommon/ East Galway area are seeing major backlogs due to staffing issues and the pandemic.
125 children have been waiting between 6 and 12 months for their appointment in Roscommon.
78 are waiting from 4 to 6 months and a further 54 have been up to 3 months without being seen.
Responding to the figures from the Regional Health Forum West, Councillor Tony Ward says these services are needed as a matter of urgency.
Councillor Ward says that delays to speech, language and occupational therapies can see children significantly and sometime permanently regress in their treatment.
