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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: The 51 consultants will not be in place this year, as identified by the HSE's research that shows we need them to provide a safe service. It is an undisputed fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: I want to discuss the consequences in terms of the human side.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: I want to have all of the consultants in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: As the HSE does, and I want them as quickly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: I want to quote some figures. Emergency department waiting times for an admission on average in July, for all patients, was 12.8 hours; and for those over 75 years it was 15.3 hours. In August, the wait was 12.5 hours for all patients and 14.8 for those over 75 years. In September, the wait was 12.7 hours and for those over 75 years it was 14.8 hours. As many as 35,000 people waited over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: I cite a response to a parliamentary question on the maximum wait times, which I would have received from the HSE. Take a look at the matter and come back to us with the reasons, in particular the reason somebody waited 9.4 days for admission to a bed in Galway University Hospital. It takes my breath away to think that that could be the case. Please come back to me on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: People wait over 24 hours in many cases in some hospitals such as those in Cork, Limerick, Galway, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: That is just not acceptable. I wish to ask a final question on an unrelated issue. There was a report in The Irish Timestoday that the HSE has very serious concerns about amending the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill. We know that the Minister has given a commitment that an amendment will come back on Report Stage to deal specifically with the CervicalCheck issue...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Business Supports (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Waterford as the fifth largest city in the State was not awarded a night-time economy advisor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to provide a school bus to serve a secondary school in Dungarvan (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the lack of public transport in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56540/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the awards made to a firm (details supplied) by his Department and each of its aegis bodies in each of the years 2016 to 2021, inclusive, and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the purpose of the award; the value of the award; the timeline or timeframe of the contract; and the desired or completed output. [56238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the awards made to a firm (details supplied) by the HSE in each of the years 2016 to 2021, inclusive, and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the purpose of the award; the value of the award; the timeline or timeframe of the contract; and the desired or completed output. [56239/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas application files that were assessed by each educational assessor for each month from January 2021 to September 2022 in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (15 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 522. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 25 October 2022, his further views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56249/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: I wish to be associated with the warm welcome of the funding for the North Quays in Waterford. It is a great day for Waterford. Well done to all involved. I raise the issue of spinal surgeries for children with scoliosis and spina bifida. The Minister earlier this year presented a plan which, in fairness, was a collaboration of working with the hospitals, but also with the Opposition....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: It is not populist to accept there is an emergency.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: Cop yourself on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: Shocking.