Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

First, I cannot express enough to the children themselves, the parents involved, the aunties, the uncles and the grandparents, that when we are having this debate and this question-and-answer session with the Minister, we have to keep those lovely people and lovely children in mind. They are the most important thing in all of this. We can ask and answer all the questions we like, but the pain, the suffering and the turmoil those little children and those families have gone through should be the most important thing in every one of our heads. While CHI has refrained from commenting on the allegations regarding unlicensed implants and the suspension of spina bifida surgeries, we now know that one surgeon has now been suspended from the hospital since May of this year. Can the Minister say any more about that at this time?

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