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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 368. To ask the Minister for Health who is responsible for tracking availability of medicines, issuing warnings if there are shortages and monitoring supply of medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 369. To ask the Minister for Health who reports to him regarding medicine shortages; what reports of shortages he received in 2022 and to date in 2023; to outline the nature and date of the reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the introduction of a serious shortage protocol regarding medicine supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering a new contract for optometrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a population-wide strategy for ear and hearing care in the Irish population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 374. To ask the Minister for Health in tabular form, the capital funding allocated to each level 3 and level 4 hospital from 2016 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, and by hospital group; if he will itemise each capital allocation provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 375. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the changes that have been introduced to speed up delivery of capital projects in healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 376. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the amounts spent by the HSE and-or each individual hospital and his Department and management consultancy for the years 2016 to date, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 377. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, all health strategies in place; the total funding provided to each strategy from 2016 to date, broken down by each strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/23]

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the majority of long-term residential nursing home care is delivered by the private and voluntary sectors; - since 2020, there have been 31 private and voluntary nursing home closures which have resulted in a loss of 915 beds; - increasingly, nursing homes are considering leaving the Fair Deal Scheme and contend it is not providing...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister did not read the motion at all. Would a living wage cost €1 billion?

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Read it.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: No, that is not what it says. The Minister did not read it.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Read the whole sentence.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: No. Do not be inaccurate, Minister.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister's head is in the sand.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister's contribution was disingenuous in the first instance. It was disappointing to many providers who are listening, and not just those in the Public Gallery, but many who are depending on the Government to act and to deal with the very real crisis that many of them face. It was also unnecessarily hostile in places given the motion does not criticise the Government at all and was,...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Let us look at next year's budget to see what will be in it because there was absolutely nothing in the Minister's budget.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Had the Government implemented our budget across healthcare, we would be in a much better place than we are now.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The people listening to this know that the Minister has absolutely failed this sector, not just last year but over successive Governments which created the crisis that we are in today. He needs to take his head out of the sand, deal with it today, deal with it quickly and deal with urgently. If he does not, more will close and he and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, will have to deal...