Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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501. To ask the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited as committed to in 2018 as part of the Pregnancy Prevention Programme in relation to the risk associated with sodium valproate. [29695/21]

Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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513. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the appointment of the four epilepsy nurse specialist posts to manage the patient safety requirements for women who are prescribed sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29738/21]

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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524. To ask the Minister for Health when the four additional epilepsy specialist nursing posts approved in 2018 to help manage the mandatory safety checks for women prescribed sodium valproate will be filled. [29788/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 501, 513 and 524 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.