Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The important issue is whether there is an outstanding treatment, facility or product that either of the two children needs, because parents need to know that they are not blocked from access to the treatment and facilities. In the second case, my understanding is that everything the child requires is being made available. If Deputy Calleary has different information on outstanding facilities or products that are required by these children, he should make it available to the Minister for Health.

With regard to the analysis of the discretion, the Our Children's Health group was outside Government Buildings for a number of months and I met its members on many occasions. They are very reasonable people and they are now working with the clinical team in assessing discretion for treatment and facilities for children. There is local check-back every week. If 22,000 extra cards have been issued on a discretionary basis, I would hope that the HSE could see that common sense is applied to these cases. I do not have all the details of the individual cases because I do not work in the HSE, but is there a product, facility or access to a treatment that either of the two children is not receiving?

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