Health Services

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Questions (409, 410)

Alan Kelly

Question:

409. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams presently operating across the country. [31478/21]

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410. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE early intervention teams that have been established since February 2020, in view of the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model. [31479/21]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 410 together.

As these Parliamentary Questions relate to operational issues, they are 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.

Question No. 410 answered with Question No. 409.