Scoliosis and Inquiries: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-04
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

Okay. At the meeting the Minister had with the families along with Simon Harris, it was understood that the 16 weeks were going to come to an end roughly now and that is what the families understand, which is a problem.
In 2014, Temple Street said it had 500 children with spina bifida in its care. Now CHI has 254 children in its care. I want the Minister to outline why that is the case. I do not want to take time from my colleague on that. It would be really important to have external oversight of CHI currently. Given that the situation is happening, we need to have external oversight of what is happening in CHI, in both the clinical and management areas.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-04