Results 121-140 of 26,382 for speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 865. To ask the Minister for Health if the tethering devices used in vertebral body tethering procedures comply with EU Medical Device Regulations and relevant Irish safety standards. [16533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 867. To ask the Minister for Health how the procurement process for vertebral body tethering devices and associated implants has been managed; the suppliers that have been contracted to provide these devices; and whether procurement has followed HSE and EU Medical Device Regulations. [16535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 866. To ask the Minister for Health how the HSE tracks and monitors the use of vertebral body tethering-specific medical devices in the absence of a dedicated procedure code. [16534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childcare Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 868. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has been made aware if any vertebral body tethering procedures have been performed in CHI despite not being formally approved for use by the HSE; and if any regulatory concerns have been raised in this regard. [16536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the steps HIQA and the HSE are taking to ensure oversight, patient safety, and regulatory compliance regarding the use of vertebral body tethering in Ireland. [16537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline, and staging posts, for delivering a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector; when she hopes to bring policy proposals to Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1029. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took until March 2025 to notify parents of serious concerns at Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh regarding pelvic osteotomies when the Department was aware of a protected disclosure as early as 9 May 2024; and the reason surgeries were continuing in 2025 if they were not suspended. [17570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health if parents and guardians were informed of the clinical audit or protected disclosure relating to pelvic osteotomies at Children’s Health Ireland prior to March 2025. [17571/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which parents/guardians of children who had pelvic osteotomies at Children’s Health Ireland were contacted regarding the draft audit of pelvic osteotomies which had been conducted; the number of children who were informed and the number of letters issued; the earliest year to which a relevant surgery relates; and the number of surgeries...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which parents/guardians of children who had pelvic osteotomies at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh were contacted regarding the draft audit of pelvic osteotomies which had been conducted; the number of children who were informed and the number of letters issues; the earliest year to which a relevant surgery relates; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1040. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a protected disclosure was received by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) regarding pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip; the actions taken on receiving the protected disclosure and the people and organisations informed; if CHI informed its Board, the Health Service Executive, the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1041. To ask the Minister for Health who decided that there should be a clinical audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip across Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh for cases in 2021 to 2023; when this decision was made; and whether it was communicated to the Department or the Minister. [17586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1042. To ask the Minister for Health when it was decided that Children’s Health Ireland would permit an audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip and who made this decision; if CHI informed the HSE, the Department of Health, the Minister for Health or Minister’s Office; and if so who and when. [17587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1043. To ask the Minister for Health when it was decided that National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh would permit an audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip and who made this decision; if NOHC informed the HSE, the Department of Health, the Minister for Health or Minister’s Office; and if so who and when. [17588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1044. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the audit of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals commenced; the timeframe of work; and the date on which the draft report was first shared for review. [17589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1045. To ask the Minister for Health the potential number of children impacted by the requirements to conduct a look-back review or follow-up on their care given the early recommendations of the draft clinical audit report on pelvic osteotomies conducted on children with development dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the maximum number of surgeries to which this may relate; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1046. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision was made, and if so by whom, to contact parents-guardians of children who had pelvic osteotomies under the care of Children’s Health Ireland or National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh beyond the years 2021-2023; either way for parents-guardians contacted, the years concerned, the number of children concerned, and the number of surgeries...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1047. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to widen or conduct a further clinical examination of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children with development dysplasia of the hip at Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh beyond the years 2021-2023; if so, the years concerned, the number of children concerned, and the number of surgeries by year of surgery,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1048. To ask the Minister for Health the year of the earliest case of concern following the early recommendations of the clinical audit into pelvic osteotomies at several Dublin hospitals; the number of cases of concern; and the number of surgeries of concern to which they relate, by year of first surgery, in tabular form. [17599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2025)

David Cullinane: 1033. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for development dysplasia of the hip at Children’s Health Ireland by location in each year 2014-2024 in tabular form; the number conducted to date in 2025; and the total number conducted in each year by consultant. [17574/25]