Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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415. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) who died following complications arising from an implanted cardiac device and multiple missed clinical red flags at CHI Crumlin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23013/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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416. To ask the Minister for Health if she will initiate an independent external clinical review of the care provided to a child (details supplied) at CHI Crumlin, given multiple missed clinical red flags, the apparent failure to act on Holter monitor results, and concerns regarding the veracity of posthumous documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23014/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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417. To ask the Minister for Health if CHI Crumlin has reviewed its internal handling of the medical care and communications with the family of the late child (details supplied); if any disciplinary action or systems reform has followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23015/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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419. To ask the Minister for Health if any existing paediatric valve replacement therapies, including transcatheter options such as the harmony valve, were considered in the case of a child (details supplied); if not, the reason such interventions would have been ruled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23017/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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421. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland filed a mandatory report under medical device regulations to the manufacturer of either the cardiac pacemaker or Holter monitor used in the care of a child (details supplied) following her death; if not, to provide an explanation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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423. To ask the Minister for Health if CHI Crumlin considered growth-related complications, such as lead strain or displacement when planning the long-term management of an implanted pacemaker in a child (details supplied) given their family’s height and the warnings raised by the father of the child prior to the initial implantation in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23021/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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429. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the Holter monitor data collected from a person (details supplied) in May 2024 was reviewed within an appropriate clinical timeframe; if she will provide the timeline of when data was received, assessed, and acted upon by CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23032/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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430. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review clinical protocols at CHI Crumlin in relation to paediatric patients presenting with reported dizziness and known cardiac conditions, including the adequacy of the hospital’s response in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23033/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 415, 416, 417, 419, 421, 423, 429 and 430 together.

As this is an operational matter relating to an individual case, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy, as soon as possible.

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no investigation, follow-up, or treatment was pursued in relation to a leaky heart valve identified in the medical records of a child (details supplied) in both 2017 and 2022; to outline the standard of care that applies in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23016/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy as soon as possible.