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
Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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To be clear, an email from Ms Hardiman's office in October 2019, when she was chief executive of CHI, to the Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group, stated:
The registry for children with Spina Bifida across CHI is currently being validated at Consultant level. We are also [recommending] the recommendations of an external review of Urology services (Dixon report) which includes Spina Bifida care.
There seems to be a disconnect between what was in that correspondence and what is being communicated today. We could talk all day about those issues, but I want to move on.
With regard to the bullying that took place, Ms Nugent, there were significant implications in terms of the high attrition of support staff and the specialist registrar scheme had to be suspended. What actions have been taken from a HR perspective? Have people been suspended? Bullying is a serious allegation. What HR actions have been taken?