Written answers

Monday, 8 September 2025

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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2503. To ask the Minister for Health if the ‘lookback’ review of matters relating to the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda was prompted exclusively by the hospital’s quality assurance process or were concerns over the performance of the consultant in question raised independently, and in any other context, with management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46428/25]

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), the HSE has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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2504. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the current employment status of the consultant who is the subject of the review into matters relating to the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a medic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; if the consultant is still operating in a patient-facing role; if not, on which date were they taken out of a patient-facing role; are there any similar reviews currently underway into the actions of any other doctor at the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46429/25]

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), the HSE has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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2505. To ask the Minister for Health for the date on which hospital management and the HSE were first informed of the issues that prompted the ‘lookback’ review into matters relating to the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; the steps management took from that date to the HSE’s media statement announcing the review on the 26 August 2025; the date on which it was decided to carry out an independent review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46430/25]

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), the HSE has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

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