David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Deputies are simply saying that eight years ago, promises were made and here we are with these issues still not resolved and waiting lists nowhere near where they should be. I want those waiting list to come down. I want children to get to services they need. I was not the one that made the promise. I certainly was not in the room when commitments were given on what capacity would be needed to meet those promises. I can only hold the Government to account based on where we are at the moment.

The Minister raised the issue of hip dysplasia in that report as well, or a review she is waiting on. The Minister will know that I received a response to a parliamentary question this Friday gone, which was covered in the media today. It says that the letters that issued in recent weeks in relation to families and patients who had hip dysplasia procedures since 2010 were to provide reassurance and information about the audit and to ensure all potential cases were included. I do not know what that means and it has not been properly explained. We have been chasing CHI to give us this information time and again but we still do not know. Nobody has answered the question as to how many letters were given to parents. Surely to God CHI has that information, can give it to the Minister and then the Minister could tell parents and families. I do not know why that information is being concealed from us. In my view there is no good reason as to why that should be the case.

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