Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand that 347 surgeries have been performed to date. The Minister gave the target for this year. To hit that, 100 further surgeries must be performed between now and the end of the year, including the Christmas period. Is the Minister confident that these will take place? To be straight with him, I would not

I refer to the number of surgeries abroad that are offered and not taken. I have spoken to many parents who are involved in this and their advocates. They say that it is not a significant number and the factor which influences this is the availability of follow-up care here. Even where it has been offered, parents cannot avail of it without the follow-up care here which is not always available. What is the precise number? Is he confident that 100 surgeries will be performed, based on the figures to date?

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