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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Do adult safeguarding teams or social workers have that power to initiate an investigation in relation to an individual complaint of abuse or neglect in a private nursing home?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: What I am asking, if I can establish the facts, is whether at this point in time adult safeguarding teams have the power to initiate an investigation into individual complaints?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: That is an extraordinary weakness in the system. Mr. Quinn stated at the start that we shone a spotlight on what happened in nursing homes generally. He quite rightly says that we need a new comprehensive framework of social care and adult safeguarding has to be part of that. Can I ask the HSE how we have a system where the regulator cannot investigate an individual complaint of abuse or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I put it to Dr. MacLellan that, in 2013, HIQA called for changes to legislation which included safeguarding vulnerable people, looking to strengthen the statutory remit, and looking for changes in the 2007 Health Act that Mr. Quinn spoke about earlier. It is 2021. Does Dr. MacLellan accept that these were issues for a long number of years pre-pandemic and while Dr. MacLellan is saying we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Before Ms O'Neill comes in, I will return to Mr. Quinn for a second. From previous correspondence Mr. Quinn gave to this committee, I understand that, as the regulator, HIQA wrote on several occasions to the Department and the HSE. I mentioned that letter in 2013. Is it correct that, in June 2016, Mr. Quinn wrote to the CMO seeking amendments to the Health Act 2007?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Is it correct that, in March 2017, HIQA developed a number of documents that were sent to the HSE where it was looking at expanding regulation of health and social care services to deal with many of these issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: In 2017, Mr. Quinn wrote to the director of the national patient safety office providing an update on suggested amendments to the 2007 Act. Mr. Quinn wrote again in 2018 and in 2020. Is it the case that, from 2013 to 2020, Mr. Quinn, as a regulator, was highlighting, identifying and calling for a strengthening of regulations and powers, including in the area of adult safeguarding, and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I got a message to say my time might be up, but I have one more question. Obviously, we want to follow up on all these matters. Members of the expert panel are present as well, but I did not have enough time to put a question. I respect the work they have done, but there is a massive amount of work to be done on adult safeguarding, changes to the Health Act 2007 and more powers of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Is Ms O'Neill aware that some nursing homes are using it? I saw a newspaper report about one in Tipperary that is using antigen testing.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: As the Minister for Health, has he been in direct contact with AstraZeneca? Has he spoken to the company? What response did he receive? These are agreements reached through the European Commission with this company. People want to know if the Minister is being hands-on. Has he spoken directly to the company? Has he spoken directly to the European Commission to express the frustration of...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: With respect, I asked if the Minister for Health has contacted AstraZeneca directly. He has acknowledged that there is frustration. He has acknowledged the missed targets. In his view it is the responsibility of AstraZeneca. I accept that the agreement is through the European Commission, but the Minister for Health has responsibility for the supply side. I am asking him a straight...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I ask the Minister about family carers. He knows I feel very strongly about this. I have met hundreds of them and will meet hundreds more today because they are really concerned that they are being left behind. They are really concerned that they are not being valued and respected. They have said time and again they are not looking to take vaccines from anybody else. They are supporting...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I have given the Minister a good run to respond.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: In fairness, we have a very short time, as the Minister knows. Are family carers being considered for cohort 6? I ask the Minister to give a "Yes" or "No" answer to that.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: A colleague of the Minister's, a Fianna Fáil Deputy, responded to a family carer saying that she had a meeting with him and he had informed her, subject to a recommendation coming from the NIAC, that family carers would be in category 6 and that carers should not be as concerned as that particular carer was because there would be movement. Either that is right or it is wrong. We need...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Regarding category 6, a Fianna Fáil Deputy-----

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: That is unacceptable. I asked about-----

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: There is a real frustration out there with the roll-out of the vaccine. The Minister has accepted and acknowledged some of that frustration. That frustration is understandable. Nobody in this Chamber can say that the roll-out so far has been as efficient as we would have wanted it to be. It is falling short of people's reasonable expectations. We have had real problems on the supply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 198. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [13643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the current longest waiting time by number of days across each waiting list by each speciality by each hospital group and by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13647/21]