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

I heard the allegation that unlicensed implants were being used in April so I did what was appropriate and asked the Minister if it was happening. The response I got twice from CHI stated it was not happening. I went back to the person who was alleging this to me with more specifics. I came forward with specific parliamentary questions on 13 July about how many spring implants had been used, how many had been removed, how many had failed in situ and so on. At the very latest, the Government or the Minister knew about the issue on 13 July. That is at the very latest. What does the Government do at that point? It does not make sense that the external review did not uncover the use of springs because there is a reference to springs in the internal review. It states it right there. I have checked. There is no legitimate authorised use of springs for these sorts of surgeons. The reference to springs in the internal review should have caused alarm bells to go off in terms of the external review and should have ensured this was investigated.

I want a commitment from the Taoiseach that the external review that is now going to be done will be done properly, which means expanding it to include all CHI operations.

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