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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for test and trace positions currently on a panel; the status of same on the panels in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff ready to begin work in testing and tracing but who have yet to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in Covid-19 testing and tracing by occupation; the number of dedicated staff in comparison to those who have been redeployed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who were taken on board for testing and for tracing but who have since left the job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1186. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 11 March 2021, the status of the staffing composition proposed for each of the mass vaccination centres; the targets for each; the numbers hired for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1189. To ask the Minister for Health when the school immunisation programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I will put my questions to Mr. Ryan first. I will give him a heads-up about the type of questions that I am asking. We have limited time so I am not looking for three people to answer the same question. If it is possible, just Mr. Ryan or one other member of his staff might answer the questions. They are about data regarding expanding the terminal illness card, the changes to income...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I will address them to Mr. Flanagan. I am only looking for data and do not want three or four people to answer the same question. The expansion of eligibility for a terminal illness card to where there is a prognosis of 24 months or less has commenced on an administrative basis. We will have to wait for the legislation in the autumn. If it is in place, what is the anticipated number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Is there even any estimate as to how many additional cards would be issued?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: On the changes that were made for the over-70s such as the income thresholds, how many additional cards have been-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: What was that figure again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Based on that change alone, what would the HSE expect the additional number of cards to be in the course of a full year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I am asking for that projection. What is the projected yearly number of additional cards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Where are we with the negotiations with the IMO to extend the medical cards for those aged eight to 12? Where does that stand? Legislation was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and I assume it is now part of the negotiations with the IMO. Can we get a sense of where that stands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I am going to stop Mr. Noonan there. I asked if the negotiation has commenced. It has not. I put it to the Chairman that this is unacceptable. Obviously, there are many other issues on which the Department would engage with the IMO. Legislation was passed in this area. Government representatives were out saying that this was great news, as it was, and claiming credit for the fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I will put my questions to Dr. Green. Earlier, Mr. Ryan stated, "The HSE is aware that some medical card holders have experienced difficulties in accessing treatment under the DTSS." Is this Dr. Green's view also?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Is that an understatement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I put it to Dr. Green that the problem is systemic. The problem I have with Mr. Ryan's opening statement and the response I have received so far is that it puts it back onto the individual medical card holder. What the Irish Dental Association has said is a world apart from what Mr. Ryan stated earlier. The association has said the treatment scheme for medical card holders is in an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: The figures I have been given show that from 2015 to 2020 there was a 31% drop-off of dentists from dental treatment service scheme contracts, going from 1,847 to 1,279. That reduction was significant. The Irish Dental Association also said that some of the contracts are what it would call "inactive". I have received many representations from patients who are medical card holders and who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I am going to say to the Cathaoirleach, as I finish because I assume my time is up, that again we are hearing about a promise of a review and a promise of changes. The issues with this scheme are long-standing. The crises that I have been hearing about in respect of public dentistry, orthodontic waiting lists, medical card holders' access to the scheme and the resourcing of the scheme are...