Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

People across the country are horrified at the revelations from Temple Street. Children with spina bifida have been failed by the State yet again. There are extremely long waiting lists and extremely high rates of complications and we now know about the use of unlicensed implants and about non-medical springs being inserted into very sick children. When did the Government become aware of this and what did it do about it? The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, is quoted in the media as saying his Department only became aware of the use of unlicensed implants in August but how can that be the case? On 5 July, I stood here and asked the Taoiseach about it. I explicitly said "allegations that unlicensed implants have been used in children." and the Taoiseach said "I will certainly let the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, know it was raised in the Chamber and get back to the Deputy." When did the Taoiseach send it across the Minister's desk and what was done about it? On that day, I called for the internal and external reviews to be published. They were only published last night, on foot of reporting in The Ditch.

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