Hospital Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Questions (2231)

Kieran O'Donnell

Question:

2231. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health when the University of Limerick Hospitals' adult diabetes service will have the level of staffing (details supplied) required to initiate the dose adjustment for normal eating structured education course aimed to help adults with type 1 diabetes lead as normal a life as possible whilst also maintaining blood glucose levels within healthy targets to reduce the risk of long-term diabetes complications; and when dose adjustment for normal eating will be operational in University of Limerick Hospital for adults with type 1 diabetes [37078/21]

Written answers

Minister for Health

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.