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- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: The Minister will forgive me for wanting a bit more than that. The Minister says he is not ruling anything out but, equally, that is not ruling anything in. Let us have a little of the facts here and let us be a bit more up-front. Either the Minister is open to changes to the text of the legal framework or he is not. The other related question is if the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group is...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: The Minister is telling us today on the floor of the Dáil that it is possible, before next week, before anything goes to Cabinet, that we will see the Minister in fresh talks with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group potentially to change the text of the legal framework. That is a live possibility.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: I did not ask about major changes. I am asking if it is possible-----
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: I think the Minister understands what I am saying to him. If he is open to change, he has to go back and have conversations. He cannot unilaterally change it as it would have to be accepted. Is that correct?
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: Is that going to happen?
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: Not really, because a clock is ticking very quickly. On Tuesday, we are told, the Cabinet will make a decision. The Minister has said this is going on for nine years and he is sitting here telling us there could be changes to an agreement that took nine years to get this point, but when? Is it maybe over the weekend or on Monday?
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: It is, but the clock is ticking.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: Is the Minister seriously telling me there is the potential for talks between him and the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group between now and next Tuesday?
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: Obviously, people will make up their own mind as to what to take from the Minister's response. To go back to what we talked about over the last few minutes, the Minister had exactly the same position that I had from the get-go on this. We have a very complicated healthcare system in this State, which we agree on, I imagine. It is a two-tier system with a mix of public and private, which...
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: It is a private company that is being established. The National Maternity Hospital at Elm Park DAC is a company.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: It is still a company.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: I will phrase it differently. It is not a HSE hospital.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: Exactly. Rather than what we all should have in place, which is a public hospital.
- National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: That is my point. It is all very complicated. We are writing a cheque, or the HSE will write the cheque on our behalf, as taxpayers, for up to €1 billion. This is why I am concerned. It is the reason we are in the position we are in. The Minister himself used the words “complex” and “complexities”. We are establishing this company, which is a charity,...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23910/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 May 2022)
David Cullinane: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the availability, eligibility and access to kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23922/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
David Cullinane: I welcome all of our guests. I thank the Minister for being here. He is also welcome. I will take the Minister back to last Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. I presume he brought proposals to the Cabinet on the basis that he wanted it to approve them. I assume that in the Minister's head, that would bring talks with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group to a conclusion. Is that a fair assessment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
David Cullinane: I understand that. My question was whether it was the Minister's intention to get Cabinet approval at that meeting and following discussion at Cabinet, a decision was then made to pause making a decision for a couple of weeks to allow for these types of hearings? Was the intention of the Minister when going into that Cabinet meeting to get sign-off for this proposal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
David Cullinane: I understand that. With respect, I have limited time. My question is a direct one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)
David Cullinane: The Cabinet has paused the process for a number of weeks. Is it paused on the basis that following hearings such as this one, there could be fresh discussions with St. Vincent's Holdings CLG or is it the view of the Minister that he will go back to Cabinet next week, after these meetings, to sign off on what could have been signed off on last week?