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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: He has to finish naming all of the Government Deputies first-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: That does not tally with what I am being told by hospital managers. Across the State, all of them, with the exception of the Limerick hospital manager because that hospital got a new modular unit, are saying that many of the beds the Minister talks about are beds that were temporarily open anyway. They did not get capital funding to build new units and they are being asked to cram beds into...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 88. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prevent emergency department overflows from interrupting scheduled care this winter; if he will provide additional resources to the National Ambulance Service to boost emergency care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50783/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: We are seeing presentations in emergency departments at record levels for this time of year. It is concerning for hospital managers and the staff on the front line, who are burned out and exhausted and are now facing into what they believe could be a dreadful November, December and January. What will the Minister do about the crisis in emergency departments and its relationship with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: We have to examine why we are seeing this high level of presentations. The Minister is right, in that many of those attending are doing so with more acute needs, which is presenting more challenges for hospitals. Another reason is the lack of out-of-hours GP services. The NAS has told me that there is an absence of a treat and refer policy that is underpinned by clinical governance and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital waiting lists, including lists not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, such as diagnostic lists; his plans for tackling waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50782/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: My question is on hospital waiting lists. I am asking for the total number of people who are on waiting lists, including those not captured by the NTPF, which would include diagnostics. When I make my supplementary contribution I want to concentrate on children on waiting lists, which is of huge concern to me.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I have been in many hospitals in recent weeks. I have been in hospitals in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Laois, Sligo and many other places. I have met hospital management, campaigning groups and those on the front line and the figures are shocking. The length of time people are waiting is also a difficulty. I want to home in on the matter of children with scoliosis because a promise was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I met parents of children with scoliosis on Zoom today and many of them said to me that their children have been left with lifelong complications because of the delays to their care. They also said they have seen this before and heard all the promises but that they have not seen the improvements. They said that we should aspire to do better for our children and to have a health service that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 106. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase specialist training places in particular for general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will fully implements the safe staffing framework; the full-year implementation cost; the number of nurses and midwives the health service will hire in 2022; if he will implement nurse patient staffing ratios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 734. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no transitional care services for adolescents using insulin pump therapy at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to provide this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list each waiting list which exists for services provided by the HSE which is not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [50641/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to ask the Tánaiste about student nurses and midwives who are among the heroes we all commended over the last 19 to 20 months. I understand that an independent report has not only been commissioned but is sitting on the Minister for Health's desk and that report is looking at a permanent solution for fourth-year nurses. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation demanded that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: What about the renters? Focus on them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with the EU regarding Ireland’s participation in a joint procurement process related to potential Covid-19 treatments; if these potential treatments will be made available after the EMA approval; if Ireland will join in a European Commission-led process on the matter; if Ireland will seek to secure these treatments independently;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the diabetes department at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 183. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional diabetes nurse specialists at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50236/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the thrive with diabetes project at University Hospital Waterford and its deliverables to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50237/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: Those working in our healthcare system have had an horrendous 19 months in 2020 and 2021. I commend the heroics of those working on the front line in healthcare and those who supported them in ensuring we navigated our way through a very difficult time. The sad reality is it took a global pandemic for the Government to realise we needed major investment in health and major reforms in how we...