3789. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has conducted any comparison between the outcomes achieved through serial casting and those achieved through alternative scoliosis treatments available abroad; if such a comparison has been undertaken, the results of that comparison; and if not, the reason no such assessment has been carried out. [57706/26]

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.