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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the South/Southwest Hospital Group by service location; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50771/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount ; and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the make-up of the deficit for 2023, and his commentary in Dáil Éireann that two-thirds of it was made up of high health inflation and increased demand; to outline the nature of that communication; if this was done by way...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the element of the deficit for 2023 which is recurring and could not be saved by cost controls; the extent of that element of the deficit; to outline the nature of that communication; if this was done by way of email, letter, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses and I wish to begin by thanking the organisations for the work they do. To those who provide palliative care, I wish to say a sincere thanks on my own behalf. My mam died in a palliative care centre in Harold’s Cross a number of years ago. She was in St. James’s Hospital and she had a cancer diagnosis. She spent a year in care, starting around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: No. I know that the association chose the terms that are used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Does Dr. Linane appreciate that other people would use a different term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the clarification that Dr. Linane would not describe palliative care as assisted dying, but why the hesitancy in using the term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: We do repeat ourselves on this committee. The topic comes back to whether we legislate. There are rare cases but there have been examples of citizens going to court to vindicate what they see as their rights, their autonomy and so on. I am sure the witnesses will appreciate they are very difficult cases, some of which were in the public domain. The people who took those cases - having met...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I am talking specifically about those who are in really difficult circumstances and coming to the end of their lives with a terminal illness that none of us would want to see any of our loved ones endure. Even though they have all the access to healthcare that possibly could be given, they still want to make a choice. My understanding of their views is that they have a difficulty with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I will conclude by thanking the witnesses for their testimony and evidence and for the work they do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Does the association describe palliative care as a form of assisted dying?

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “Review of operation of Act 7.The Minister shall, within 24 months of the passing of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of the Act, to include in particular a review of the effectiveness and operationalisation of section 4(2)which shall make recommendations on whether a system for...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I do not want to split hairs on this issue. I do not contend at all that the Minister is being unreasonable, but neither are those of us who are making our arguments. I made a point earlier that I will repeat and not labour. The Minister's amendment states that he shall, "not later than 18 months after the commencement of this section, commence a review" as opposed to completing a review....

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I am talking on amendment No. 5, but I also support the other grouped amendments, with the exception of the Minister’s amendment, and my apologies to the Minister. We are talking about a review of the Act. It is important for us in the first instance to understand what it is the legislation does because we have had some discussion already. It is incumbent upon those of us who...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: That is not what is being proposed.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I was being helpful.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I was clarifying.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: That is a bit of a stretch.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: There is an obvious logic in what the Minister is saying in that, as Minister for Health, he does not want to involve himself in justice issues or operational issues that pertain to An Garda Síochána and, in general terms, that makes sense. He has to accept, however, that what we are talking about here are health regulations and a health Bill that is coming from his office, and...