Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I raise the matter of orthopaedic surgery waiting lists. I am not sure if the Taoiseach saw the reports over the weekend about a little girl called Ava Cahill. She has spina bifida and has been waiting more than a year and a half for corrective surgery. You would need a heart of stone not to be moved by Ava's situation. There are other children like Ava in Ireland waiting for corrective surgery. There is a crisis at the moment in orthopaedic surgery. Even the top leading surgeon in the country has said that the care provided is inadequate. He spoke with huge passion at the Joint Committee on Health last November about children who are suffering unnecessarily. The Government has a responsibility to address this with resources and not let these children suffer needlessly.

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