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 Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for the work they are doing. I know it is a very challenging time because there is also the whole amalgamation going on with the new children's hospital. On the current waiting issue, the HSE states that 65 cases are suspended. Do we have any idea of where those patients are now? Have they gone to other hospitals? Have they gone to other jurisdictions? If they have gone to other jurisdictions and they come back to Ireland then, is there a support mechanism for them in place?