Written answers

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Department of Health

Hospital Investigations

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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1307. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery performed on a person (details supplied) was necessary; whether there will be any examination of surgeries performed on children prior to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29135/25]

Photo of Pádraig RicePádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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1392. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) surgery, following publication of the DDH Audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if this panel will be made up of surgeons from different jurisdictions; the timeline being worked towards in establishing this panel and reviewing all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/25]

Photo of Pádraig RicePádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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1393. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) currently being established following the publication of the DDH Audit will not review cases prior to 2010; if such surgeries took place in Temple Street Hospital before 2010; if so, the number of surgeries that took place, and the period these surgeries span; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29489/25]

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1307, 1392 and 1393 together.

As these are an operational matter for the Health Service Executive, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

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