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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I am asking about acute beds. How many acute beds are there in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: The number of beds will increase to 14,500.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: That refers to permanent funded beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I refer to wait times. The target set in Sláintecare was that access to a hospital consultant should take no more than 12 weeks. Figures recently released by the National Treatment Purchase Fund indicate that the number of people waiting to see a consultant had risen again, to 612,283. The number of people waiting for 12 months or more is 249,959, up from 243,000. Has Covid altered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I have a question about elective hospitals. The programme for Government commitment did not identify the number of hospitals, but we know Sláintecare supported three elective hospitals in different parts of the country and there is a high-level team examining it. What timeframe are we facing to get to a point where we can start to see concrete proposals? Business plans are being...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: What we are dealing with in these resolutions is closing tax loopholes. Deputy Doherty proposed closing a tax loophole that essentially allows for multinational companies to offset capital allowances against 100% of their profits on intangible assets, which would raise €720 million. This loophole is very similar to some of those the Government now claims credit for closing and in...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I do not have the same concerns as the previous two speakers with regard to Financial Resolution No. 4. I see it as an anti-tax avoidance measure. In fact, a balancing charge is a means of making sure a company does not claim tax relief on the costs of an asset. It is a clawback mechanism and so is a good measure to put in place to ensure that multinational companies do not use tax...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: It is fair to say that the hospitality sector has faced an economic tsunami. Everything and anything that can be done to support bars, restaurants and hotels should be done. Obviously I support this VAT reduction which we called for in our alternative July stimulus and our alternative budget. The Government went for what can only be described as a discredited stay and spend initiative,...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I represent a party with 37 Deputies. I know that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle wants to allow as many speakers as possible to contribute but we had three or four speakers from a group with only six Deputies so if I could finish-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I understand that but we had four speakers from a group of six and I am representing a party of 37. I will finish by saying that much more needs to be done for the hotel and hospitality sector. We all know, including those in government, that the sector has been very badly hit and we must go much further than this VAT cut, which will not be enough.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: In that spirit, I will keep my contribution to approximately two minutes in order to allow other Members in. I oppose the resolution on the basis that it includes an increase in the carbon tax. I wish to see this State and, indeed, this island become greener and cleaner, but I do not wish for that to be done at the expense of hard-working families, those who are in fuel poverty or those at...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 347. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available to preschools for developing and maintaining premises; the funding opportunities that can be availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Adult Critical Care Capacity and Activity Census Report 2020 will be published. [30062/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 508. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the use of Citywest; his plans to extend the contract; his plans for its future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30067/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the costs to date associated with Citywest; the projected future costs; the current and proposed future uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30141/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting and wait times, including for diagnosis, on cardiac care wait lists in County Waterford in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30125/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer referrals in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30150/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses made in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients that saw a consultant in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30152/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer procedures by type conducted in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30153/20]