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Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: Four of the previous seven Ministers for Health sit in this Government, with nothing to show for it but a record of failure, and most, if not all, of those failures predate Covid. Let us not look back on those failures just over the past two years, because the truth is Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been in government since the foundation of the State. The only reason they came...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: Let us look at their failures. The trolley crisis gets worse year on year. Emergency department waiting times are more than 12 hours on average, and what has this Government served up? A damning report from HIQA on the danger of University Hospital Limerick's emergency department, with patients left waiting up to 116 hours. The Government has run down the emergency department at Navan,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: Key Sláintecare figures resigned because they were frustrated at every step. The Government served up weak regional health areas. This Government is out of ideas, out of touch and out of time. A new Sinn Féin Government would produce a multi-annual waiting list plan. We would invest in capacity and workforce planning. We would train enough healthcare workers to staff the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: We were on 33% in the last poll. Let us see how it goes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the pandemic bonus payment and special leave with pay for frontline healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: The first question is to afford the Minister for Health an opportunity to outline the status of the pandemic bonus payment, how the payment of the bonus is progressing for all healthcare workers who are entitled to it and to outline the status of the special leave with pay for front-line healthcare workers with long Covid and, more importantly, what long-term payment will be put in place.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: I am fair-minded when I come at this because I understand we must ensure we get it right and the payment is made appropriately but I think the Minister would also accept this was a concept first mooted 18 months ago. The Government started the year announcing the payment yet six months later, here we are with many workers still not having received it. I am referring to section 39 workers,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: The Minister will be aware that when he attended a conference organised by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, he made a clear commitment there would be no cliff edge and that the payment would not simply end without an alternative in place. That is precisely what happened. I was in contact with the INMO today to find out whether there were any changes to the special leave...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: Not if they have long Covid.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: 83. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the crisis in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: This question relates to the Minister's plans to tackle the crisis in emergency departments. As he knows, waiting times in emergency departments are unacceptably high. I accept that Covid-19 is in part responsible for that but there are also issues in respect of the lack of capacity in some hospitals. Part of the problem is patients are not getting sufficiently good care in the community...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: We need a comprehensive review of healthcare services in the mid-west. I would, in fact, argue that one of the first regional health areas should be established in that area. We need to properly align community care, primary care and acute care. We must also consider capacity in Nenagh Hospital, Ennis Hospital and St. John's Hospital. I know the hospital group has advocated for an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: All of that is necessary. However, I would like to see what is in the short-term plan about which the Minister is talking. I have visited a number of hospitals, as the Minister knows. I have attended 15 in total in the past year. I know the Minister has attended some as well. Some hospitals have taken a zero-tolerance approach to patients on hospital trolleys. In fact, in my own...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: They have good Deputies there, for a start.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: I am taking this question on behalf of an Teachta Ó Laoghaire. It relates to the resourcing of the CDNTs but, more specifically, the staff positions and the high numbers of vacant positions, and seeking an update on plans that have been or will be put in place to try and fill all of those vacant posts.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: I accept that the number of vacant posts changes and fluctuates because people who are on maternity leave come back and because the HSE is constantly recruiting. However, I would be interested to hear what the accurate figure is. At a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, we had a good discussion on all of these issues. We talked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State. I would say to the Minister for Health as well that we need to increase training places in this area. Obviously, we need more of a pipeline of staff coming through. I welcome that this is an area that was added to the critical skills lists as well in recent times, which means that international recruitment is now an option. The reply I received recently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will invest in additional home care, outreach care and mental health supports for persons with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Cardiac Services Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a comprehensive plan to address the severe capacity deficiencies in healthcare in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37353/22]