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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy directly asked me for the sequence of events as to what happened.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: She did and I am responding directly. The Deputy asked specifically what the chronology of events was-----

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: -----what reports were done and how the reporting was done, and I am answering her question in detail. The second review is the regional perinatal service requirement. As the Deputy will be aware, I have instructed the HSE to start a third review, which looks at all hospitals. With regard to the timing, the first incident occurred on 25 March last year when CUH mortuary sent...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. Yes, the Acting Chairman and I, and perhaps other Members in the Chamber this evening, were part of that committee. I have prioritised this Bill. The obvious question I too would ask is "Has it been prioritised just now?". I can tell the Deputy, categorically, that the answer to this question is "No". The Chief Whip and I met several weeks ago to prioritise various...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Exactly that question needs to form part of the review. There are three reviews. The first review will establish what happened and why it happened. It will then be up to us as the Legislature to see if policy responses and additional investment are required. Then it would be up to us to respond to that.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I would be delighted to. I thank the Deputy for her questions. I want to walk through exactly what happened in terms of how this is escalated and the classification of an incident as serious or very serious. This goes to the question that has very reasonably been raised, was raised by RTÉ, and indeed has been discussed by other Deputies. That classification is a matter for the...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It is a very important point. I will give a detailed response. The Department of Health has advised that the HSE South/South West Hospital Group, Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital have apologised to the bereaved parents. They very much regret the incident. The Department is informed that open disclosure did occur with the parents in line with the HSE open...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The families were contacted initially on 11 and 12 May and then on the subsequent dates that I have given. The HSE advises that the families were told. As part of the review-----

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I want to make sure we get exactly the right information on the record of the House. Therefore, I will ask for a note on that as to exactly what language was used in the letters to make sure we have exactly the right information on that.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The specific details the Deputy seeks are not communicated either in this or in other events with the Department through the agreed protocols. This is why we need to look at the review. We will have the review at the start of November and it will include exactly these issues. For reasons of patient confidentiality, which I am sure we all support, those types of details do not get reported...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Gould raised a similar question. The very clear advice we have from the HSE and the hospitals involved was that the appropriate communication was made with the families in May last year. If it is the case, as the Deputy says, that very relevant details were only disclosed by phone before "RTÉ Investigates", I want to know about that and I will be taking that up immediately with...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: What happened is completely unacceptable and it is outside the guidelines. The national guidelines state that when a parent or guardian has consented, the processes that should be used are burial or cremation, not incineration. Furthermore, Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital go further than that and say it is only burial.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I ask the Deputy to repeat her third question.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for her questions. She first asked why there were no safeguards in place, but there were and there are. There are very clear standards and protocols in place. The national guidelines are very clear. They say that the only two avenues available are burial and cremation. CUMH's own guidelines go further and state there is one option available, which is burial. What has...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: That is correct.

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a drug that has been approved called Spinraza. I met the parents of a beautiful young boy earlier this week at the Laura Lynn Foundation who told me the drug their son is taking is having a real impact, which is very encouraging. The new drug the Deputy refers to has been raised with me and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics will be taking a look at it. I fully appreciate...