Results 9,881-9,900 of 27,021 for speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the rehabilitative supports being made available to mesh-injured patients; if expedited pain management physio and counselling treatment will be delivered in line with the CMO report on the matter; if this can be accessed privately instead of through the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27529/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I wish to make a few comments before the session starts which are not directed in any way at the Minister or any of our witnesses. It is unfortunate that we have the Minister for Health, the acting CMO and a number of key figures from NPHET in the same session. This is problematic for a number of reasons. We now have to choose to whom we put our questions; and some members only have five...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I will make one small point in addition. I make it directly to the Minister because it is the case that we were told that it was an official in the Department who was the problem or the difficulty, or at least it was alleged that that was the difficulty in getting NPHET before the committee. There is a wider point, however, and it goes back to the fact that in the very early stages of this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I intend to be ruthless in how I put my questions, which are directed at the Minister for Health and the acting Chief Medical Officer. Unfortunately for the other witnesses, I do not have enough time to ask all the questions I would I like to ask. My questions for the Minister for Health are for him to answer because there are lines of demarcation, which I spoke about earlier. I will...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I would like to stop Dr. Glynn there. I agree with him but part of the problem is some of the commentary, and not, by the way, from Dr.Glynn's perspective, when young people hear time and time again what they cannot do as opposed to what they can do. We must change the tone and change how we communicate with young people, and get the message to them in a better way. There is a role for all...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Let us hope it is not the case, but if those restrictions are extended, is it more likely that we will again see an announcement a couple of hours, or 24 hours before it happens or will there be a better lead-in this time where people will have more time to digest it? Part of the problem the last time, if Dr. Glynn can appreciate, is that within a couple of hours, restaurants were told they...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I will put a question to the Minister for Health. Yesterday, the HSE was before the committee. I welcome the recruitment of 700 swabbers and 500 tracers. I accept that it is good to have additional capacity for swabbing and, as the Minister said, the testing regime is complicated. It is not straightforward as there is swabbing and then the testing itself in laboratories. I believe we...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I appreciate that, but my point, which is genuine, is this - if we are to increase the number of swabbers by 300% and we do not have anything like a corresponding increase in the lab capacity, we are doing more swabs, perhaps, but not necessarily increasing the turnaround time because we do not have the additional lab capacity. Can the Minister see the point I am making?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Covid-19 related expenditure incurred by his Department to date; and if this will be counted a pre-committed expenditure for budget 2021. [27044/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Covid-19 related expenditure over and above his Department's 2020 budget; and if this additional expenditure will be factored into the base in budget 2021 or if it will be repeated as Covid-19 related expenditure in budget 2021. [27045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an SNA employed by her Department can increase their pension contributions through additional voluntary contributions through her Department to their occupational pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26697/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 820. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE clinical advisory group report on medical cards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for giving sedatives to persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26503/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 897. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 15 October 2019, the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €1; the estimated cost to reduce the threshold to €114 and €100; and the estimated full-year cost of same. [26898/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that saw a consultant, by type, in the first eight months of 2020; the number and breakdown for same in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27040/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 936. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost in 2021 of a total population vaccination campaign, assuming near 100% uptake with reasonable exceptions for those that cannot be safely vaccinated, scaled on the usual quantity percentage breakdown across quadrivalent influenza vaccine and live attenuated influenza vaccine and other types of vaccine by cost of vaccine and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 937. To ask the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure incurred by his Department to date; and if this will be counted a pre-committed expenditure for Budget 2021. [27042/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 938. To ask the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure over and above his Department’s 2020 budget; if this additional expenditure will be factored into the base in Budget 2021; and if not, if it will be repeated as Covid-19 related expenditure in Budget 2021. [27043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child development clinics and associated services which took place in the first eight months of 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27077/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for persons when a member of their household displays symptoms of Covid-19; if they should self-isolate until a negative test is returned; if his attention has been drawn to HSE guidance being issued to persons that says a member of a household is not required to isolate while their household member with symptoms is waiting for a test; his...