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Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to have a discussion on safe staffing in our hospitals. Last summer was the first time we had a serious problem in our hospitals, namely a summer trolley crisis. Before that summer trolley crisis arrived, people working in our healthcare systems throughout primary, acute and community care were flat out during Covid. There was a cyberattack and long before Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit the opening of a third ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11732/23]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Good Deputies.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: The Deputy jumped the gun.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: The Deputy should be careful in future not to jump the gun.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Bill. Sinn Féin will support the abolition of any charges. We have long argued for the abolition of such charges we believe fundamentally in a public health service and that public health services should be free at the point of delivery and delivered on the basis of need. We are travelling in the right direction and the new public-only contract for consultants in...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister does not even have to take ten.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Yesterday in this Chamber, the Taoiseach said the existing cath lab in Waterford is "now open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays." He continued: The next step, which we are committed to making happen, is to ensure there is a service from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week and then to build up to a 24-hour service. Previously, we did not have the infrastructure...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I asked about 24-hour services.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I asked whether there has been a policy change.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I asked about 24-7 services.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: There has been no policy change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Gloster and wish him well. If he is successful in his role, the health service will be successful. Obviously, the committee wishes to work with him as the new head of the HSE. I commend him on his work in Tusla. Mr. Gloster rightly referred to the enormous amount of talent working in the healthcare system. We have to harness that talent in the best possible way but we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: At the moment, there is threatened strike action. How can Mr. Gloster, as the new head of the HSE, play his part in averting strike action?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: An issue that was not addressed in Mr. Gloster’s opening statement is that of workforce planning. It should be one of his key priorities. The committee has identified it as central to any changes in healthcare. We need more staff and we need to be able to train more professionals. When Mr. Gloster is setting out priorities, workforce planning and working with his counterpart or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster certainly will have our support in that. Regarding winter plans, our experience over recent years is that they have been window-dressing, giving a sense, when there is an emergency, that things are being pulled together and additional resources made available. There are different views on whether they work. We are now dealing with an all-year-around problem in emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster talked in his opening statement about culture and accountability. It seems clear that he understands he is coming into a very difficult job in a context in which people are waiting far too long in emergency departments. The representatives of the management of University Hospital Limerick who came before the committee told us they need more beds. I and other members of this...