Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 March 2025
1483. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she has read the consultant report relating to operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10655/25]
View answer1484. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the allegation that monetary gain may be a factor in the number of operations; and if there are plans in place to widen the scope of the review into operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals (details supplied). [10656/25]
View answer1485. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the report on the consultant report relating to operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals, she is aware of whistleblower concerns that this has been going on much longer than the two-year timeframe of the current review; and whether there are plans in place to look at earlier periods (details supplied). [10657/25]
View answer1486. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the report on the consultant report relating to operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals, any further osteotomies were performed at either Cappagh or Temple Street after the delivery of the report (details supplied). [10658/25]
View answer1530. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to address a matter reported in a media outlet (details supplied); if this report exists; if this report will be published; if the findings, as reported, are accurate; the steps which have been taken by Children’s Health Ireland on the matter; the steps she has taken on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10874/25]
View answer1581. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a media report in respect of an audit into osteotomies at three Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals (details supplied); the engagements she has had with CHI in respect of this audit; if the parents of children who underwent these surgeries have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11038/25]
View answer1582. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish a report regarding osteotomy surgeries on children at three Children’s Health Ireland hospitals; if she has received a copy of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11039/25]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1483 to 1486, inclusive, 1530, 1581 and 1582 together.
As these are an operational matter for the Health Service Executive, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.
