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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for the work they are doing. I know it is a very challenging time because there is also the whole amalgamation going on with the new children's hospital. On the current waiting issue, the HSE states that 65 cases are suspended. Do we have any idea of where those patients are now? Have they gone to other hospitals? Have they gone to other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Of the 65, where the treatment is suspended, where are we with that 65 now? Are they just left sitting there waiting for further decisions to be taken or are they being provided with the level of care they require and is it being provided in a timely manner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Is monitoring taking place to make sure? Will there be support for them once a procedure is provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: I come back to the issue where a surgery was carried out on a child and the procedure that was carried out was deemed not the best way of managing that patient. Obviously, there is a team with senior registrars, registrars and consultants. You now have, say, a senior registrar who has now become a consultant. In instances where families do not want any part of that team being involved in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: If, for argument's sake, a senior registrar who was on the team when a surgery was carried out and the family, who were aware of who was on the team, are now concerned that they are being referred back to that person, who is a consultant now-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Are there processes in place to make sure that where concerns are raised by families regarding the care provided previously, they are not ending up back with any part of that previous team?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: I will move on to something totally different. I refer to the findings of a high attrition rate among support staff due to bullying issues and the whole issue about people in training finding it very difficult. Anyone who is in training - a senior house officer, a registrar or a senior registrar - will depend for references into the future on the person they are under. For that reason,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Nugent accept there is an issue? Among trainee doctors, there is a fear of raising a concern because it may affect their future promotion prospects or even jobs within the particular hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Nugent accept there was evidence that people were concerned about the processes taking place-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: -----and were afraid of saying anything? These were consultants who may not have been in place for too long but the senior people were totally in charge. How does the HSE now deal with that process into the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: There is an issue regarding trainees. Coming back to the patient, do we have a process in place for a patient who is unhappy but is afraid to ask questions? Are we satisfied we are giving enough information to patients so that they can raise concerns, if they have them, with someone independent of the care team who is appointed to look after the child?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: Are parents aware of that structure? Are they satisfied that their own position is not undermined by raising a concern?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: A big concern that has been raised with me by constituents over many years is that when they make a complaint to the hospital, it takes time for it to be dealt with. In some cases, people do not get answers for more than 12 or 18 months. Are we now satisfied that we have a structure that can deal with a complaint in a timely manner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: In respect of the whole process of amalgamation, there are differences. This is quite clear from what occurred with surgeries, where one hospital was doing them correctly and properly and two others provided treatment that it now appears was inappropriate. When the teams come together in one hospital, are we satisfied that we can get all of them to work together with no domination of one...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of an appeals system for the power-up scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of making fuel allowance universal for everyone over 70; that consideration will be given to implementing this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that parents/guardians of children who are blind and in receipt of a free travel pass will also receive a travel pass in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33131/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm that the parents of a child (details supplied) who is blind and in receipt of a free travel pass would also receive a travel pass in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33462/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Jun 2025)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm when the new stations under the expanded commuter rail programme for Cork, such as Blackpool, Blarney, Monard and Tivoli are due to be constructed; if there is a confirmed timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33293/25]