Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for Health a very important issue about which all Senators will be concerned, namely, Temple Street Hospital, Dublin. The post of cystic fibrosis physiotherapist is vacant. The authorities in Temple Street Hospital have not received a response from either the Department of Finance or the Department of Health on whether the post is being filled. Some 94 children with cystic fibrosis use the services of the cystic fibrosis physiotherapist at Temple Street Hospital, but the post remains unfilled. I have written to the Minister for Health and the HSE in respect of this matter, but I have received no response. In such circumstances, I ask the Leader to use his good offices to ask the Minister to intervene and have the post filled without further delay.