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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62945/21]

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: This is the last opportunity we have to be reassured that the Government has a handle on Covid before the Dáil recess. There is a lot of talk from the Government about personal responsibility. That is part of it, but I believe that the vast majority of people are already doing their best to keep themselves and their families safe. We must act with our healthcare workers and the burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 606. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 3 December 2021, if he is considering or will expand financial supports for persons and couples requiring IVF treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62867/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a policy of requiring patients presenting at some hospitals or HSE Covid-19 testing facilities to wear a surgical mask rather than higher grade masks such as FFP2 and N95, which they arrived with and the requirement to replace the latter with a surgical mask should a patient present with one; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate ventilation systems or air sanitisers for care home settings; his plans to provide funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62686/21]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. I thank the proposers of the Bill for bringing it forward in the first instance and giving us an opportunity to have this debate on this issue. The language we use and the tone we strike as legislators is important. It matters to women going through a crisis pregnancy, it matters to those families who have received a diagnosis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the appointment of locum consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a medical exemption for those who have been advised against getting a Covid-19 vaccine for medical reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines that have had to be disposed of due to the fact they were unused and went out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the planned relocations and co-locations of hospitals; the timelines and prioritisation for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62270/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Kenny and everybody else on the call. I want to start with the issue of staff burn-out as highlighted in Mr. Kenny's opening statement. It is an issue Mr. Kenny and I have discussed several times. What is the current level of staff burn-out? How bad is it and how difficult or challenging is it for paramedics across the board? I ask Mr. Kenny for a brief overview in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: What I have been hearing over the last few months is that there are issues around the long-distance calls, especially at the end of the shift, which can create real problems and that shifts are lengthy, breaks are short and staff are not able to take breaks at an appropriate time. Is that prominent right across the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: Mr. Kenny mentioned the working groups. There are two main issues, one of which is the capacity review. There have been a number of capacity reviews in recent times, including a capacity versus analysis review which commenced in July on which we will engage with the National Ambulance Service and the HSE later. The capacity review has to look at increasing the staff complement, increasing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: In terms of the late finishes, is Mr. Kenny saying that this working group or all five working groups will be concluded this week and there will be recommendations in all of them or some of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: When the working groups have finalised their work, the health committee would like to see the details of that and get copies of those reports. Is Mr. Kenny satisfied that issues regarding breaks, late finishes, late call-outs and late discharges at the end of shifts will be covered sufficiently in the recommendations from the working groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: What is meant by the rules of engagement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: Then that is the relationship between the call centre or dispatch centre and the ambulance paramedics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: Okay. In the previous contribution Mr. Kenny spoke about some of the call-outs not being calls that an ambulance crew should be responding to. There is a need for a public awareness campaign in that regard. How much of a difficulty or challenge is it, especially when there are major pressures on the system, if ambulance paramedics are being called out to calls they should not be called to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I have two final questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: Absolutely, and I echo that. I have two brief questions before finishing. I will refer back to Mr. Kenny. There are the capacity reviews and there is a staff complement of just over 2,200 in the National Ambulance Service. Comparisons were made to Scotland, which some would argue is the best comparison that can be made to our service. That comparison would lead to a very substantial...