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those employed to care for them. I pay tribute to lain Smith and, of course, Paula, the brave whistleblowers who made a protected disclosure in 2009 that brought this issue to light and who fought to protect Grace. I also acknowledge John Deasy, John McGuinness, Daniel McConnell, Fergus … minimum, a public statement should be made. Failing that, serious consideration should be given to the call by the special rapporteur on child protection for an investigation into what happened at the inquiry because we have heard the concerns of the families, the whistleblowers and now Ms Butler

moving forward to a phase 2 of the commission of investigation. I pay particular tribute to those who stepped forward and made protected disclosures relating to the handling of Grace's case. Their courage and persistence were instrumental in her finally being moved out of the foster home … occurred the HSE has introduced a national policy for safeguarding vulnerable persons at risk of abuse, established a national safeguarding office and safeguarding protection teams, and most recently has undergone an independent review of its safeguarding policies and procedures which has led to the appointment

were truly unacceptable and rightly caused great concern when they came to public attention. I again pay tribute to the whistleblowers who made protected disclosures relating to the handling of Grace's case. Their courage and persistence were instrumental in her finally being moved out of the foster … represent a significant shift in the way we treat children who require the care of the State, who have a right to be protected by the State and rely on us to do so. Several Deputies expressed concern about the care and monitoring of children who are being

repeated. I thank the commission for its final substantive report and I pay particular tribute to those who stepped forward to make protected disclosures related to the handling of Grace's case and also to the whistleblowers and people who did speak up about Grace. Their courage … device to explain how they have been failed. Grace was failed repeatedly by the very people and institutions that were supposed to protect her. I have also seen the effects of systems that are too slow or overburdened, but none of what I have seen compares to what

have paid millions for this Farrelly commission report but there have been lots of reports before this. More importantly, there is the protected disclosure made by the whistleblower. It was not the HSE that found out about the case of Grace and this foster home. It came … witnesses in a brutal way. When witnesses then wished to cross-examine someone else, they had to do it themselves with no legal protection or legal representation. There is so much wrong with this report and so much wrong with what the Government is suggesting, which is that

While the offer from the HSE with regard to the external review is confined to patients who have undergone pelvic osteotomies, and the protected disclosure, of course, related specifically to that, I have to ask the Minister whether she is confident that there were not other procedures conducted

surgical practice used in CHI and Cappagh were in keeping with international standards of practice. Concerns had initially been raised under a protected disclosure in September 2023 and the Department was notified on 9 May 2024. There was some delay to the starting of the audit

look at numerous reports that have cited governance failures, management failures, clinical failures, ethical failures, conflicts of interest, failures relating to open disclosure, and many more failures right across the system? That creates real problems for Children's Health Ireland. The Minister is new to her post … Minister, I referred a number of times to one line in the report that was most damning. It was that children were not protected from harm. If that was the only issue in Children's Health Ireland, as bad as it was, then we could deal with

Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify when he is planning on having a review of the protected disclosures regime, given recent criticism of the ongoing reprisals whistleblowers face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27884/25

queries related to unnecessary hip surgeries or advised hip surgeries on children to Children’s Health Ireland since 2015 and prior to the protected disclosure made in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26361/25