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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I am not suggesting that, to be fair. I am just saying that from what I have heard, if we were starting from scratch it would make sense to do it that way. On summary care records, shared care records and electronic health records, what is the difference between a summary care record and a shared care record?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

David Cullinane: The whole purpose of this Bill is to have that level or depth of information in a person's health records, including information on scans that can be seen by different hospitals. It strikes me that it will take some time to get to that point. The summary care record is basically a very simple, basic set of information that will not provide a real difference to a patient's experience, in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

David Cullinane: The IHI is being added. It is a number that has been assigned to people but, as we speak, I could go into St. Vincent's Hospital this week and St. James's Hospital next week and they will still generate different numbers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an application for incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to promote the single rural dwellings scheme in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been made aware of local authorities that have completely ceased to fund and promote single rural dwelling as a form of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons housed by way of homes built on that person's own site in Waterford in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/23]

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I commend the Independent Group on tabling this Private Member's motion. The heart of this motion is that we should better utilise model 1 and model 2 hospitals, but particularly model 2 hospitals, to take pressure away from the model 3 and model 4 hospitals. As a previous Deputy said, we are ten years into the framework for smaller hospitals and we are still not using them to best effect....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for their advocacy and thank all of the constituent organisations that make up the alliance for the work they do. I might start with the issue of specialist nurses because I want to first establish the facts in regard to some of the issues we are discussing. Obviously, I welcome the additional funding for the specialist nurses that was made available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: There is still a need for 70 positions from the perspective of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: From the perspective of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, how realistic would it be to deliver those 70 specialist nurses and over what timeframe? I would imagine it is unrealistic to do it in one year because of those workforce planning issues so, realistically, what is the best estimation as to how long it would take to put those other 70 positions in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I want to move on to the community neurorehabilitation teams. I have engaged with Mr. Bernard Gloster directly on this and he has signalled to the health committee that he personally wants to deal with this matters next week. Hopefully, if he is listening, he will be coming with good news in regard to the outstanding ones. He did get the national director to send me the most up-to-date...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: There is currently no funding for community neuro-rehab teams in CHOs 5, 8 and 9, and in the others that are left, there is funding but they are not up and running. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I will read the response I got and I want to pick the brains of the witnesses in terms of whether they believe this is satisfactory and if we are on the right course. The response states that there is currently no funding for community neurorehabilitation teams within CHOs 5, 8 and 9, but moving forward with the strategy and subject to the success of the MCRN, which is the managed clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Let me take this down to a local level because there happens to be one in the CHO area that Waterford is in. I know we have two consultants who specialise in neurology in Waterford but we do not have a clinical nursing specialist, or that is my understanding. If we do not have that multidisciplinary service, I imagine that the earlier point arises in terms of the revolving door and patients...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Would that wreak havoc on primary and community waiting times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: On that issue, is access to physiotherapy generally a problem across the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I might ask one more question and finish. Mr. Bernard Gloster has indicated to this committee that he specifically wants to deal with this issue when he comes in to discuss the HSE's corporate plan. We hope that he will be coming with better news than what we have been given so far. Is there any good reason why these teams are not in place in some of the CHO areas? It strikes me that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I am finished anyway, so if Dr. Pender wants to take this-----