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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

David Cullinane: That figure for management consultancy is extraordinary. Given all the staff and experience we have in the healthcare system, healthcare expenditure of up to €180 million on management consultancy is not what people want.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Behind all of the facts and numbers that were presented in both the Sinn Féin motion and the countermotion from the Government are real people and their experiences. We heard many of those stories shared by Deputies from right across the political divide. The stories of older people left waiting on hospital trolleys, sometimes for days on end, were shared. Many people do not even make...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the average waiting time for emergency department admission so far this year stands at 11.5 hours, which is an hour longer than for the same period in 2019; — the trolley scandal which Fine Gael pledged to end is now worse than ever and has become a year-round threat to patient safety, with an average of more than 550...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 925. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days for each model 3 and model 4 hospital to date in 2023 that full capacity protocols have been active, in tabular form. [24968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes to be delivered in Waterford in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23593/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes delivered in Waterford in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational health reviews which have taken place in relation to long-Covid or similar indication, in tabular form; the number of workers who sought leave on the basis of long-Covid; the number of workers asked to return despite claims of long-Covid; the number of workers granted leave, by length of leave in timebands; the number of workers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in final capital cost of developing the new Waterford residential care centre; the number of beds; the all-in revenue cost of staffing and servicing the facility; and the whole-time equivalent requirements. [23727/23]

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I commend the Independent Group on tabling this Private Member's motion. The heart of this motion is that we should better utilise model 1 and model 2 hospitals, but particularly model 2 hospitals, to take pressure away from the model 3 and model 4 hospitals. As a previous Deputy said, we are ten years into the framework for smaller hospitals and we are still not using them to best effect....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for their advocacy and thank all of the constituent organisations that make up the alliance for the work they do. I might start with the issue of specialist nurses because I want to first establish the facts in regard to some of the issues we are discussing. Obviously, I welcome the additional funding for the specialist nurses that was made available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: There is still a need for 70 positions from the perspective of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: From the perspective of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, how realistic would it be to deliver those 70 specialist nurses and over what timeframe? I would imagine it is unrealistic to do it in one year because of those workforce planning issues so, realistically, what is the best estimation as to how long it would take to put those other 70 positions in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I want to move on to the community neurorehabilitation teams. I have engaged with Mr. Bernard Gloster directly on this and he has signalled to the health committee that he personally wants to deal with this matters next week. Hopefully, if he is listening, he will be coming with good news in regard to the outstanding ones. He did get the national director to send me the most up-to-date...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: There is currently no funding for community neuro-rehab teams in CHOs 5, 8 and 9, and in the others that are left, there is funding but they are not up and running. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I will read the response I got and I want to pick the brains of the witnesses in terms of whether they believe this is satisfactory and if we are on the right course. The response states that there is currently no funding for community neurorehabilitation teams within CHOs 5, 8 and 9, but moving forward with the strategy and subject to the success of the MCRN, which is the managed clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Let me take this down to a local level because there happens to be one in the CHO area that Waterford is in. I know we have two consultants who specialise in neurology in Waterford but we do not have a clinical nursing specialist, or that is my understanding. If we do not have that multidisciplinary service, I imagine that the earlier point arises in terms of the revolving door and patients...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Would that wreak havoc on primary and community waiting times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: On that issue, is access to physiotherapy generally a problem across the State?