David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday we had the publication of the HIQA report into CHI, which was discussed in the House at length. The report was damning and outlined a litany of management, clinical, ethical, and informed consent failures. This was not only about use of unauthorised non-medical grade springs, which, of course, was the substance of the report, as the systemic failures go wider than this. Teachta Ó Murchú received an email from a family in County Louth about the hip dysplasia issue. Their child was three or four years old at the time, in 2019. The family was told the child would need hip dysplasia surgery, which would involve cutting into the bone of the child. The family got a second opinion in the North and they were told the child did not have the condition. We have several emails like this. What I am concerned about, and I genuinely need to say this to the Taoiseach, is that the audit under way at present as far as I understand it covers the period from 2021 to 2023. Families are coming to us about issues outside of this time period. There needs to be a much wider look at this. There are many systemic failures in CHI. We know families have been calling for a wider review.

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