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

Ms Lucy Nugent:

I did a snapshot. There was a suggestion in the public media that this was done for financial gain. In the audit period, the number of private patients in the two CHI facilities was 25% and 26%. This is well within the contractual norms of under 30%.