Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Health
Hospital Services
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3010. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal claims that have been initiated against Children’s Health Ireland relating to spinal surgery, including claims of death, permanent disability, or avoidable harm since 2015, by year; the number settled; the number that remain open; and the most frequently cited grounds (details supplied), in tabular form. [42819/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3011. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the funding allocated to establish the spinal register and its associated data portal in Children’s Health Ireland; if her Department or the Health Service Executive was involved in supporting this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42820/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3012. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a spinal surgery register and public-facing data portal, which was briefly introduced at Children’s Health Ireland, was subsequently removed; the person or body that authorised its removal; the reason this decision was made without notice to families or clinicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42821/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3013. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request that Children’s Health Ireland commits to reinstating the spinal surgery register and public data portal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42822/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3014. To ask the Minister for Health the review process which governs suspension type from the Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting list (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42823/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3015. To ask the Minister for Health the processes in place to review and reactivate long-suspended children from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42824/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3016. To ask the Minister for Health if any children have become inoperable while suspended from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists; the number, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42825/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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3017. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the children currently listed as suspended for surgery initiative from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting list; the number scheduled for treatment in the UK or US; and the number scheduled for treatment in Irish private hospitals (details supplied), in tabular form. [42826/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
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