Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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371. To ask the Minister for Health when will the four currently unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts approved in 2018 will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/21]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of epilepsy specialist nurse posts in the State; the number of these which are unfilled; the location of each epilepsy specialist nurse post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28675/21]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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433. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will be filling the four vacant posts for epilepsy nurse specialist approved in 2018 to manage the mandatory patient safety requirements for women who are prescribed sodium valproate. [29015/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 371, 402 and 433 together.

As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems.

The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.