Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 May 2018
126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the internal review into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE has been published; and if he will provide a copy of same. [22913/18]
View answer127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when an independent external review by a senior microbiologist from the UK into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE will be completed. [22914/18]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 127 together.
My understanding is that both of these particular reports were commissioned by the University of Limerick Hospital Group (ULHG) and I have referred your questions to the HSE for direct response to the Deputy.
I wish, however to assure the Deputy that I take the risks of healthcare associated infections very seriously. In this regard I launched Ireland's National Action Plan on AMR last October and declared CPE as a public health emergency and it continues to be managed as such.
