Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I cannot accept that there is any cultural shift within CHI. There is a culture of secrecy. What was in this unpublished report referred to a silo mentality and a toxic culture within the organisation. Despite Ms Nugent's best efforts, she has a lot of work to do.

I want to get to some of the issues in this unpublished report. I have spoken to the head of the HSE and I know that it sought to have a pseudonymised version of the report published. That did not happen either. There is clear conflict and differences between the HSE and CHI on all of these issues, which really troubles me. I will come to some of the issues involved because they are in the public domain. I will start with Ms Nugent, and with children who were called Crumlin orphans. My understanding is that a report was compiled in 2017 by a Mr. Dixon. It is now known as the Dixon report. Is that correct?