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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: There are still 226 children waiting on spinal surgery. Of these, 34 children have been waiting longer than six months. There are also many more who were removed from waiting lists because they were left for so long that they have become inoperable. One of these is a young lad called Mikey. He is from Mayo and is aged 16. He has severe scoliosis. Last September Mikey's parents were told...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for facilitating us.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I want to begin by acknowledging the great work done by staff in Children's Health Ireland, CHI. However, in the past month details of an unpublished report conducted on the clinical department of CHI at Crumlin hospital has been put into the public domain. One of the revelations in the report was a finding of several inappropriate and unnecessary NTPF-funded Saturday clinics conducted by a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister. There has been a significant increase in Saturday clinics over the past years. An example of this concerns scopes. More than 10% of scopes are now done on a Saturday but the distribution is very uneven across hospitals. Of the scopes carried out in Cavan hospital, one third are now done on a Saturday, that is 900 out of a total of 2,700. However, hospitals are still...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the measurable actions her Department is taking to ensure that elderly people have timely access to age-appropriate mental health supports, including integrated primary care pathways, nursing home liaison psychiatry, and community-based outreach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rollout of the specialist perinatal mental health service and the establishment of an inpatient mother and baby unit, including projected timelines and measures in place to ensure equitable access across all maternity hubs and spokes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Site Excavation (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 304. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey; and fully investigate the burial grounds. [35143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will visit Sean Ross Abbey as a matter of urgency; if she will provide an update on her engagements with survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 337. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of electronic prescriptions; if she will outline the expected impact on patient care and pharmacy efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 354. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the mental health service for the deaf; when the review report is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35182/25]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I concur with the Minister. The two previous items finished earlier and with respect to everybody in the House who wants to make a contribution, a couple of minutes' pause is warranted.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister and Ministers of State for attending. They are very welcome. I am going to begin with mental health because I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is under some time pressure. Does any of the additional capital expenditure provided in the Estimates relate to eating disorder beds, separate spaces in our accident and emergency departments for those who are...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister of State, but my question related to inpatient beds.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: With an eye on the clock, I also asked about separate spaces in accident and emergency departments for those who are presenting with acute mental health distress.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: It really is not suitable and we have seen that situation end in tragedy. The Minister of State earlier referenced sexual assault treatment units, SATUs. I want to go to a recent HSE report on our SATUs, which are wonderful places. They are sadly overused, but that is a different conversation. The unit with the third highest number of attendees outside Dublin and Cork is in Mullingar....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I appreciate that. I have one final issue to raise. I am not going down the rabbit hole of digitisation because we could be here until the end of the calendar year. I do, however, have a suggestion. We have seen an increase in virtual appointments and clinics. For some service users, they absolutely meet the need. However, when a prescription is prescribed through one of these virtual...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: It is the emergency supply scheme.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: In the interim-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Several months ago, I raised the issue of the need to look at CORU registration following the conviction of a man in my constituency for sexually assaulting one of his clients and having hours of covert video of women he was providing sports injury and recovery services to. Does the Minister envisage that review of CORU registration in the near future?