Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 June 2021
202. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE opticians providing services in County Westmeath in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of vacant positions currently. [25919/21]
View answerAs this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.
