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Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, after line 33, to insert the following: “Parliamentary oversight of Covid-19 regulations 2. (1) Every relevant statutory instrument made by the Minister shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas not less than 48 hours before they come into effect and— (a) where, before the date on which paragraph (b) would have effect, a...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I will be very brief on this amendment. I commend the Deputy on tabling this amendment as it is a very important one which I was hoping the Minister would accept. We have already talked about what this legislation is intended to do. The Minister set out the rationale for that and it is not going to stop this new variant from coming. If we were to introduce mandatory hotel quarantine, this...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, after line 33, to insert the following: “ “relevant statutory instrument” means any regulation made under the sections inserted in the Act of 1947 by— (a) this Act, (b) the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, (c) the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: What about testing arrangements?

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin has tabled a number of amendments to the Bill, as the Minister may have seen. When previous incarnations of the Bill were brought before the Dáil we supported them and we will also support this Bill. At the same time, it is important that the Minister listens to what the Opposition is saying on the need for engagement and the need for proper oversight, accountability and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 215. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a submission by a group (details supplied); if legislation is planned to add physiotherapists to the list of persons permitted to refer a person for ionising radiation; if he is liaising with the HSE to introduce the proposed grade of advanced practice physiotherapist; the timeframe for delivering the proposals in the pre-Budget submission;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to vaccinations for persons over 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59634/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: The statement the Minister of State was given referred to additional beds that have been brought into the system. In her speech, she mentioned 800 new acute beds and she went on to detail some of them. She did not say that many of these beds are actually replacement beds. A few days ago, I was in Portiuncula hospital and met the hospital manager. The Minister of State spoke about 62 beds,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: They are still open.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: They are open now.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: The reason there is a number of speakers is that this relates to the Saolta University Health Care Group and the latest data which have come from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish Patients Association regarding the number of patients in the north-west and west region who are on long waiting lists. In addition, the trolley count is particularly high. In fact, it is the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he or his Department have had with the Companies Registration Office in relation to extending the deadline for the submission of company returns from 25 November 2021 in view of the recent upsurge in Covid-19 cases and the disruption this is causing to accountancy businesses; the result of these discussions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department attendances that are admitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department admissions that are not immediately assigned a bed at each location; the average length of time people spend waiting to be assigned a bed at each location; the maximum wait time for a bed at each emergency department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58770/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals from general practitioners to HSE services, by service, in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the enhanced community care programme; the measures implemented to date; the measures yet to be implemented and planned for the remainder of 2021, for 2022 and beyond 2022; the networks and teams in place, and to be put in place, and staff hired and further required; the funding allocated and spend incurred; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the share of the €200 million to tackle waiting lists allocated to the HSE that will be spent on procuring private services and the types of services, for example, diagnostics and so on it will be spent on, in tabular form. [58803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of emergency department admissions which are treated within 4, 8 and 12 hours, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58919/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 669. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58941/21]