Hospital Staff.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2010

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Questions (108)

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

140 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans that are in place to continue the existing services and to implement improvements in view of the imminent retirement of the only consultant paediatrician in Cork University Hospital dealing with approximately 300 children living with Type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17206/10]

Written answers

Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney)

I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.