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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 828. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting list numbers and waiting times as presented in National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, data by each group and hospital for each discipline and each speciality, separated by adults and children in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 853. To ask the Minister for Health the PTSD supports provided for members of the National Ambulance Service; if a review has been conducted into the effectiveness of same and whether there is a need for further supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 901. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are being identified and analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 902. To ask the Minister for Health the cooperation or synchronisation there has been on SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 965. To ask the Minister for Health when the issuing of primary medical certificates will resume; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 996. To ask the Minister for Health if restrictions on travel from the place of residence under the new lockdown, including for travelling beyond general travel or distance restrictions, would prohibit parents of children with autism spectrum conditions from taking their children out to care for their general well-being and mental health; the extent to which the regulations may confine their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a first appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon in Children's Health Ireland and other hospitals across the HSE in tabular form; the length of wait for each child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on scoliosis surgery in Children's Health Ireland, Cappagh and the Mater in tabular form; the length of wait for each child and category of wait list, including all categories, that is, active, to come in, suspended and planned procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health the actions which will be taken to ensure four-month surgery targets are met for children with scoliosis during 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health when child specific wait lists, a recommendation of the 2017 report Waiting for Scoliosis Treatment: A Children' Rights Issue, will be in place across the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which count all those waiting on outpatient appointments as adults and which do not collect and report child specific wait lists to the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1023. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels by staff group for the new palliative care centre in University Hospital Waterford; if there will be specialists in paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1453/21]

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with an Teachta O'Reilly. First, in what will be my final contribution in this House before Christmas, I wish the Minister and his family a happy and peaceful Christmas and, indeed, all the staff in the Department and those in the HSE. I thank sincerely all the front-line workers who work in our acute hospitals and in primary, mental health and community care, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved filled by tenure permanent, temporary, locum, agency and vacant consultant posts by discipline and specialty; the length of time the vacant posts have remained vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I covered that well this morning on "Morning Ireland". I gave that a good mention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome all the witnesses. We have very limited time so, unfortunately, we are limited to ten minutes. As the witnesses can imagine, there are a lot of questions we would want to put so we will not get through all of them. I start by commending Professor MacCraith on the work he has done along with his team. He has presented an excellent framework to the Government and this committee so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Can I stop Professor MacCraith there? We have very limited time and when we put a question, we really need it to be answered very sharply. I was trying to get back in a couple of times. I say that to other members of the committee who will be coming in as well. I know it is difficult with this exchange. The question I asked was how many we anticipated. Professor MacCraith said it was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: In his opening statement and his own vaccination programme, Professor MacCraith talks about the vaccine supply chain. It is very helpful. I found the graph to be very straightforward and useful. It talks about supply from manufacturer to storage, distribution and then vaccine location. What is an estimated end-to-end turnaround time for whichever vaccine comes on stream first such as, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Do we have any idea? When I talk to some of these manufacturers, they tell me they have already manufactured huge numbers of doses. If that is the case, we should have some sense from them as to how many doses we are likely to get, say, in the first half of next year if there is positive news on regulatory approval. There must be some indication of how many doses we would have acquired in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I have to put my next question to Professor MacCraith because the time is very limited. How many proposed mass vaccination centres are we potentially looking at? In the programme, Professor MacCraith said quite rightly that all the vaccinators will be fully qualified healthcare professionals, as it should be. How many staff are we looking at? Notwithstanding how quickly we will get the...