'Hundreds, or even thousands' of children may have had unnecessary hip surgery, Dáil hears 

Speaking during Thursday's Leaders' Questions, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty raised an audit, which is examining the criteria for a specific type of hip surgery in young children carried out between 2021 and 2023. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins 

Thousands of children could have undergone painful hip surgeries unnecessarily, the Dáil has been told.

Speaking during Thursday's Leaders' Questions, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty raised an audit, which is examining the criteria for a specific type of hip surgery in young children carried out between 2021 and 2023.