2609. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure physician associates, who have graduated from a State funded program sponsored by the Royal College of Surgeons, can be employed by the HSE; if she will provide an update on the work of the independent expert who is undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the physician assistant role; when his recommendations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46938/25]

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2609. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure physician associates, who have graduated from a State funded program sponsored by the Royal College of Surgeons, can be employed by the HSE; if she will provide an update on the work of the independent expert who is undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the physician assistant role; when his recommendations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46938/25]

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