Health Services

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Questions (445)

John McGuinness

Question:

445. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for an assessment will be expedited in the name of a person (details supplied) given the urgency of the case. [26857/21]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health (Deputy Anne Rabbitte)

As 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.