Departmental Administrative Arrangements
Dail Éireann — 2025-03-04
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

The unit within the Taoiseach's Department must deliver tangible results, not least for scoliosis patients who have been let down. Sixteen-year-old Mikey Henry is a scoliosis patient. I have approached the previous Taoiseach, the previous Minister for Health and the current Minister for Health and there is no response. All I am asking for, and all Mikey Henry's parents are asking for, is an opinion from a spinal specialist who deals with specific complex care along with having respiratory expertise, either in Ireland or abroad. Will the Taoiseach facilitate that for this child, who has been failed by the system? He is a scoliosis patient who was ready for an operation but, due to the delays, he has been let down time and again.

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Sitting date: 2025-03-04