Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

Yes. We are having the third meeting today. I will meet the hip dysplasia advocacy group on Tuesday, 14 October in Leinster House. I will also make clear to all parents who may not wish to be part of an advocacy group, or be connected to that, I am here to hear from them at any stage as well.

It is also important to update the House that a meeting was held with the DDH advocacy group and the HSE on 24 September regarding mental health supports. It has been an enormously traumatic experience for many parents, as well as patients, to learn that surgery on their child may not have been necessary. A business case for funding all of the elements on this issue, including counselling, has been submitted as part of the Estimates process. I do not want to lose sight of that element of it too.

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