Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1039. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric urologist will be appointed to Temple Street Childrens Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45704/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Children's University Hospital, Temple Street is the national tertiary care centre for spina bifida and hydrocephalus. All infants born in Ireland with spina bifida are transferred to Temple Street after birth for ongoing neonatal management. Children with spina bifida are seen by a multidisciplinary team at Temple Street which includes a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in spina bifida, a spina bifida nurse specialist and neurosurgery input. It is intended to recruit a consultant urologist in order to ensure dedicated urology input. A recruitment process took place in 2009/2010 and again in 2012/2013. As neither was successful, a new recruitment process is now in train and I am advised that the HSE is hopeful that this new recruitment process will result in a suitable candidate taking up the post.