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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal, in relation to DPMA or disability allowance litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal and relate to long-stay charges litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6290/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal, in relation to DPMA litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in Britain and Northern Ireland from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount that has been spent on this care for each facility. [6295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in other countries due to a lack of capacity in the State from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility. [6296/23]

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: It has got very messy when we have four or five amendment lists, amendments to amendments and so on. The manner in which this Bill was crafted and worked its way through the Oireachtas was a bit chaotic. Notwithstanding that, I thank the Minister for his co-operation in recent weeks. We did the right thing in December in pausing this and taking the time to engage with the 221+ group. I...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I am okay with it.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: We are more than happy to let the Minister respond.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister's comments on the lab at the Coombe Hospital. Obviously we want to see a ratcheting up and expansion of services at the Coombe Hospital. If we can repatriate a large part of the screening services for CervicalCheck in that facility, it would be really welcome. I ask that the Minister keep us informed of the ratcheting up of staffing and capacity as it happens. That...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: It is important as well for that information to go out. This will not just be for CervicalCheck; it will be for all cancer screening services. I welcome the Minister's commitment to work with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and to keep us informed on what the audit will look like. I also welcome his commitment that the 221+ group will be consulted on that element of it as well....

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: It will not last.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I will support the amendments. I met HIQA representatives regarding these amendments a number of weeks ago. They made some interesting points that surprised me. The first was that they believed most of the powers being made available through these amendments are already available to HIQA. I got the sense that they did not see great value in what is being proposed. I was a member of...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: It remains to be seen how these amendments will work out in practice, but the substantive amendment in this grouping, which is amendment No. 26, seems limited in subsection (10) to long-stay residential facilities. Again, one of the issues HIQA raised with me was that this does not cover patient safety incidents in centres for people with disabilities, for example, or in other healthcare...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 10, after line 38, to insert the following: “Report on Operation and Scope of the Act by the Patient Safety Council 4.(1) The Patient Safety Council, so established by the Minister for Health, shall furnish to the Minister a report, subject to subsection (2), within the first 3 months of each year. (2) The Report of the Patient Safety Council...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: On that basis I will withdraw the amendment.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 16: In page 12, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “(2)(a) A health services provider shall ensure and make every effort to ensure that the patient and relevant person are informed as to the potential for engaging and sourcing a patient advocate. (b) A health services provider shall ensure a relevant patient is aware of the Patient Advocacy...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I support the amendment. This section is problematic. This goes back to what I said earlier about Dr. Scally's report, which is this is one of the areas he is most certainly not satisfied that enough has been done. He specifically cited this part of the Act as problematic. A number of high-profile cases have come before the High Court in recent weeks, regarding mistakes and errors that...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I support those sentiments. I accept that the offer the Minister made was made in good faith, but he should accept that Dr. Scally's report was published a long time ago. The most recent report was a progress report. It was an implementation report so it was a scorecard essentially on what was done and what was not done. There was sufficient time for the Government to have dealt with this...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I, too, remember Vicky Phelan and all the other women who, unfortunately, are not with us today and their families. The 221+ group has done a phenomenal piece of work over recent years in campaigning on a range of issues, and this is one of those core issues for the group. I commend each and every one of them and all those with whom I have engaged on their courage and the respect and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (16 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 83. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a redress scheme for residents of long-term residential disability services who were wrongfully charged for their care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/23]