Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate Deputy Clarke raising the issue and the seriousness of it. The information I put on the record of the House is the information I was given, that an interim plan was discussed with the clinical lead at a meeting last week - that is what my note tells me and I can only relay that to the House - and that hospital management provided a commitment to finalise a solution to address the longer term staffing needs of the service to ensure stability and avoid any impact on paediatric diabetes patients and their families. On foot of what the Deputy has said, I will ensure her comments are conveyed to the Minister for Health and that he responds to her directly.

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