Six years after the implementation plan for the neurorehabilitation strategy was published, many areas across the country are still without access to community neurorehabilitation teams.
The strategy promised nine community neurorehabilitation teams, but so far just five teams have been funded.
The four remaining areas are north Dublin, the southeast, the midlands and the northwest.
It leaves thousands of people in large swathes of the country with a neurological disorder without access to community supports, such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychological services.
Eamon McPairtlin, from Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, is living with dystonia and functional neurological disorder, both affecting his movement.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he said he had symptoms in his 30s but was not diagnosed until he was in his 40s.
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He must travel to Dublin every three months for injections at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, and also to London for treatment which is not available here.
"If I had access to a community neurorehabilitation team, I would be able to receive multi-disciplinary treatment locally and that would include neuro physiotherapy, occupational therapy and neuro psychology which would all make a big difference in my own treatment," he said.
Neurological Alliance of Ireland, the national umbrella body for over 30 neurological organisations, is calling on the Government to complete the rollout of the teams.
"Neurorehabilitation is a vital service that allows people with neurological conditions to live their day to day lives. We’re calling on the Government to address the urgent needs of people impacted by the lack of services," said Magdalen Rogers, CEO of the NAI.
She said the lack of community neurological rehabilitation teams is increasing the length of stay in emergency departments for those with neurological conditions.
Speaking to RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Ms Rogers said neurological conditions account for 10-15% of emergency department admissions.
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"The risk associated with falls and deterioration is greater in neurological patients who don't have access to neurorehabilitation and community neurorehabilitation teams," she said.
"We know that the lack of these community neuro rehabilitation teams is increasing the length of stay.
"It's also increasing the problems with delayed discharges in hospitals because they can't discharge out to the care of a community neuro rehabilitation team."
She said the delay in rolling out the rest of the teams is "a simple lack of investment", adding that they are calling for that investment to happen in this year's Budget.
In a statement, the Health Service Executive said it plans to "enhance the existing Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Teams (CNRTs), fund areas that do not have a CNRT, and to create a large population-based CNRTs within each HSE Health Region."
