Dáil debates
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members]
8:25 pm
Joanna Byrne (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
The Minister has to understand that these are questions parents are asking us. Last year, a whistleblower was worried that some of these operations at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals were purely for financial gain. The whistleblower was proved right when the audit my colleague referenced took a sample of 147 cases from 2021 to 2023 across 14 surgeons and three hospitals.
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