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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: We will have to wait for NPHET or whichever body does it. Is there a need for additional supports beyond GPs and pharmacies? Would we have pop-up centres to support GPs, for example? GPs have a very difficult job and there is a shortage of GPs in some parts of the country. Are we looking at additional supports to support and add value to the work GPs and pharmacies will do to make sure a...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I will make one final point on the vaccines. I will be at the top of the queue after all those who are at risk and who should be prioritised. I certainly will be taking it myself. There is a need for a public education programme but it must be rolled out by experts, scientists, doctors and nurses because that is who people will listen to. They may listen to politicians but they will...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I will move on to hospital wait times. I raise these questions in the context of subhead J2 and the €200 million that was allocated to fund the winter plan. I had this conversation with the head of the HSE recently. Outpatient wait times are now out of control, if we are to be honest. At the end of October 2015, there 396,000 people waiting to see a consultant. At the end of...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I do not want to be rude, but that is not the question I asked. I know all that. That was well dealt with by the head of the HSE and by the Minister in his budget speech. I asked if we have a target.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Sláintecare, which we all signed up to, promised that people should not wait any longer than four months. However, despite that, the wait times are going in the wrong direction. If we are going to spend more money, as we should, on our health service and if there is a plan to recruit more staff and open more beds, that should be matched with a target to reduce outpatient and inpatient...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Is there a target for 2020?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Is that something new?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I have looked back at the service plans and I cannot find any targets. The Minister is saying that for the first time he will introduce targets with an objective to reduce waiting times. If that is the case where and when will we see that?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I will give two real-life examples of people waiting for treatment. When we talk about waiting times, it is hundreds of thousands of people. These are real people with real lived experiences. One is Elin who has Down's syndrome and suffers from arthritis. She is non-verbal and her parents have told me she is in constant pain. She has been waiting for two years for an MRI scan. She had...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: The offer the Minister has made clearly is not acceptable to either the Irish Hospital Consultants Association or the IMO. They are telling me that what is on offer has always been offer. There is nothing new here.

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, said earlier that she understands the difficulties workers face. She also said that politicians and political parties should be judged on their actions and not their words. So, let us judge this Minister and this Government and Fine Gael on their actions when it comes to workers. What about the Debenhams workers who are striking at the...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Do not be sore.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that exists for a school (details supplied) and other schools to install water fountains on their school grounds; the way in which an application can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39798/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that have and are being made to ensure that visitation rights as set out by Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, guidance for visiting long-term residential care facilities are being upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HPV vaccine is not available to all young women free of charge, considering that it is freely available to first year students and there would be no additional cost to make it available at any other point in secondary school as it is administered annually and the costs would be offset by the savings accrued in the year it was not availed of;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 748. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for moving the outpatient services at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar to a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (1 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all the campuses, public sector buildings and offices that have adopted the tobacco-free campus policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the colleges and universities from which graduates were considered for jobs in contact tracing; the reason an exhaustive list was provided; if this limited those short-listed for interview; the reason notable universities such as TU Dublin were excluded from the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39255/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 347. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase pay for healthcare assistants and other health and social care workers; if there has been any engagement from or with trade unions on the matter; the changes in rates of pay there have been for these workers over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place or planned to be in place for aftercare of Covid-19 patients who are suffering from one or more of the post-Covid-19 syndromes commonly referred to as long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39280/20]