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Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank Deputy Shortall and the Social Democrats for moving the motion in the first instance. I do not know if the authors of the motion received any prior notice that the senior Minister would not be here but it is not acceptable that the Minister is not. There may be a reason for it but I heard the Chair himself raise this issue this morning-----

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: -----with regard to senior Ministers not coming in. Particularly when people are putting forward very substantial motions, the senior Minister should be here. That is what Opposition time is for. Time and again we are seeing it where a junior Minister is sent in and senior Ministers seem to think it is not their role, but it is. It is their job to be here and to answer the questions that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I welcome our witnesses. I will start with the working hours for junior doctors. We have been talking about this issue for a long time. As we know, there was a report and it made recommendations but it is still a big issue. I know it is in the opening statement but will the witnesses clarify again that doctors working beyond the 48 hours is illegal in that it breaches the Act? The first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: That is a failure of the political system. Doctors cannot be blamed for that. We are asking them to work long hours in contravention of their rights. There is a question of moral injury and pressure being put on doctors to come in to work additional hours because we do not have capacity and, now, because of the recruitment embargo. I will come to that in a minute. It is self-evident...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: This, to me, is astounding. Essentially, what has happened is that the HSE and, I suppose, the Government have decided that, rather than fixing the problem, they will just pay for it. I would imagine the payment was meant to be some sort of punitive measure to penalise hospitals-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: -----but it seems the HSE is saying it will write a cheque rather than deal with the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: There is just so much we could say about this but it is well covered in the opening statement from the IMO representatives. We have been dealing with this issue for far too long. There needs to be political will to deliver on it because we cannot just continue to ask junior doctors to work the hours they are working, with all the risks entailed for them and their patients. I would imagine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. McNamara for that. I just want to come back to the issue of hospital capacity because Mr. Gilligan spoke about a range of issues in this regard that are causing problems in emergency departments. It is very frustrating for me when I hear Government representatives asking what the problems are in Limerick. I heard this again a few minutes ago. We have been told time and again...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I mean people on trolleys who, after having been seen by a doctor, never see a bed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Could Dr. Gilligan respond to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank those who work in the system for their work and the IMO for its advocacy. I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I want to finish on that. Very similar testimonies were heard in the Aoife Johnston inquest. I am concerned about the lack of dignity and respect for patients. If a doctor comes to you to talk about your medical experience in front of other patients on hospital trolleys, it is self-evident that there is a lack of dignity. Following this session, we need to follow up on all these issues...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

David Cullinane: There are a number of areas in housing where the Minister has delivered, which should be recognised on the floor of the Dáil. First is rising rents - well done. Every year, month on month, year on year, rents have increased. In my own constituency of Waterford, rents have increased 6.5% on last year. That was up on the year before and the year before that. Well done. You delivered...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

David Cullinane: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the data which will be reported through the health performance visualisation platform, in tabular form; the relevant metrics and indicators which will be measured and monitored; and the regularity of reporting. [22499/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Looking at all of the figures in the opening statement, I reminded myself that there are real people behind them who need access to services. Whether that is the neurological teams in the community or the specialist beds, or the neurological nurses across the counties mentioned, there are people depending on these services. The first issue I raise is the specialist nurse positions. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: There is a shortage of at least 100 specialist nursing posts. There was funding for 21, which is only a fifth of what is needed. Even at that, 13 of those posts have not been delivered and have been held up behind because of the embargo. That is the situation as of today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: That is not acceptable. We need to follow that up with the HSE. Bernard Gloster came before the committee to discuss this issue, as well that relating to neurorehabilitation teams. Commitments were given. I pulled out the briefing note we received from the HSE last April in April 2023. On community neurorehabilitation teams, has there been progress in CHO 2 and CHO 4? Have those teams...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I have the note here. Regarding the commitment, it states that in relation to the teams in CHO 2 and CHO 4 in the 2023 budget, funding has been provided for two larger community neurorehabilitation teams. The note refers to 12 to 13 team members and that it was planned to have the teams operational in quarter 4 of 2023. That was the commitment given to us in good faith when we dealt with...