{"id":2351,"date":"2023-09-20T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2023-09-21T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:30:40","slug":"shortall-demands-emergency-meeting-of-oireachtas-health-committee-to-discuss-temple-street-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/shortall-demands-emergency-meeting-of-oireachtas-health-committee-to-discuss-temple-street-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortall demands emergency meeting of Oireachtas Health Committee to discuss Temple Street scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>It is extraordinary that the Health Minister has opted to remain overseas while this crisis is escalating<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Social Democrats Health Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall has written to the Health Committee requesting that representatives of Children\u2019s Health Ireland (CHI) and the HSE attend an emergency meeting of the Committee tomorrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Deputy Shortall said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth Minister Stephen Donnelly has refused to cut his trip to New York short and return to provide details to the D\u00e1il about the scandal at Temple Street Hospital. It is extraordinary that the Health Minister has opted to remain overseas while this crisis is escalating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I raised this matter in the D\u00e1il today, Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney stated that the Government want CHI to publish the two reports &#8211; one internal and one external &#8211; that have already been conducted into this scandal. CHI must now publish those reports without delay today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the Oireachtas Health Committee must also have an opportunity to question representatives of CHI and the HSE about this scandal. We cannot wait until next week for this to happen, with a drip feed of information filling the vacuum in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor that reason, I have written to the Health Committee and asked that representatives of CHI and the HSE are written to and invited to an emergency meeting of the Committee tomorrow. I would ask that my colleagues on the Committee support this proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need transparency and accountability \u2013 and, the least we should expect is for those managing our health service to answer questions about appalling failures of governance and care for vulnerable children requiring complex spinal surgeries.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>September 20, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is extraordinary that the Health Minister has opted to remain overseas while this crisis is escalating Social Democrats Health Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall has written to the Health Committee requesting that representatives of Children\u2019s Health Ireland (CHI) and the HSE attend an emergency meeting of the Committee tomorrow. 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