Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members]

 

8:25 pm

Photo of Joanna ByrneJoanna 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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