Hospital Procedures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 October 2023

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Questions (340)

Paul Murphy

Question:

340. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether he or his Department received any communication from the Taoiseach or the Department of the Taoiseach regarding the high complication rate at Temple Street hospital and the allegations that unlicensed implants had been used in children with spina bifida after the Taoiseach made a statement in Dáil Éireann (details supplied); and to outline the nature of that communication. [43303/23]

Written answers

Minister for Health

As the Deputy was advised, by letter from my Department on the 14 August, I was informed that the matter of the external clinical review of complex spinal surgeries carried out in Temple Street between October 2019 and October 2022 on a specific group of children with spina bifida was raised with the Taoiseach in the Dáil on the 5th of July.