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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: That does not strike me as adding up to €107 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I want this to work. We have had discussions on this ourselves as well. I think everybody wants this to work. I have tabled many parliamentary questions on this over the past year and I have had this out with Mr. Watt directly as well. I could not get costings and I was told that the work was not done on looking at demographic changes and an increase in demand that will happen if GP care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: As it is Mr. Reid's final meeting, I wish him well in his retirement. I know he had a very difficult role to fulfil with Covid-19 over the past number of years, along with the cyberattack and many of the challenges the HSE faced. On my own and my party's behalf, I wish him well and thank him for his work in healthcare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I will take just two or three minutes and leave it at that. I wanted to come back in to get a sense of what the interaction is between the Department of Health, the HSE and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. We want to be successful on workforce planning. We have got some information from Mr. Watt and Mr. Reid today but it would be important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I am referring to a formal structure and not ad hocmeetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: Can I also add to that? Training them is one thing but retaining them is as important. If we consider the numbers of doctors who have emigrated, where visas were given by the Australian government to Irish doctors emigrating last year, compared 2019, it has increased by about 40%. It is about keeping them here. We have junior doctors who are threatening strike action. There is a myriad...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: The Minister is on record as saying that he favours the hospital in Galway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: The Deputy might get answers at the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (29 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special classes will be approved for a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48654/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of children and young persons who have been found eligible for a special class but who have not received a place in a special class or school in Waterford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education classes in place in Waterford, both current and those due; the number of requests for increased capacity; the timeline for delivery of same; and the remaining level of unmet need, broken down by school in tabular form. [48656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 579. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide details of the current staffing cohort in the NMBI Registration Department broken down into IE section, EU section, Non-EU section and numbers of ancillary staff supporting the overall registration department to include numbers of education assessors, consultants, and external staff providers (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide further information regarding the NMBI's summer series events held in June 2022 in UCC, TUS Athlone Campus, St Angela's College Sligo and ATU Letterkenny campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to address staff shortages of radiation therapists; if there are plans to review recruitment and retention policies regarding radiation therapists, including staffing levels and service capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48046/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of approved home support providers across all counties in tabular form; the level of home service supports provided directly by the HSE, separate to those provided by third-party providers on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to approved home support providers by the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

David Cullinane: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the financial supports that are available to parents of children with vision impairments who require strong prescription glasses; if these supports vary depending on CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/22]