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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (4 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the implementation status of each of the recommendations of the Short-Term Review of Clinical Placement Allowances for Student Nurses and Midwives and the Longer-Term Review: Matters relating to Student Nurses and Midwives, in tabular form. [32321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (4 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 608. To ask the Minister for Health when the €500 subsistence grant for supernumerary student nurses and midwives in years 1 to 3, backdated to the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32326/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: Last year-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: Last February, my party leader and I wrote to the Taoiseach asking about the status of the pandemic inquiry into nursing homes. In his response, he said that a scoping inquiry would be established. We had asked that there would be sufficient engagement with organisations like Care Champions, the Irish Association of Social Workers, Safeguarding Ireland and others as well as briefings and...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his contribution. Women deserve safe and unhindered access to lawful services. This Bill is an important step towards providing that access and for that reason, we will fully support the Bill. The Government has been slow in bringing forward this legislation. It has been apparent for many years that this legislation was needed and thanks to the tireless...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome witnesses. I will start with the dental treatment services scheme. As Mr. Hourihan stated, that system has essentially collapsed. Fewer than half of the dentists who were in the scheme a number of years ago remain in it. My primary concern is that people with medical cards would get access to good oral health. My office has been inundated with people from across the State....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: Much of this dates back to a cut in the fees when the financial emergency measures in the public interest were introduced. It was around that time when there was a reduction in the level of services available and also a cut in the fees. Substantial changes were made. At that point, this was the issue. Mr. Hourihan is saying that there is a fundamental problem with scheme in terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: Is it fair to say the current approach is to tweak the existing scheme, as was done last year to provide more money for fees and bring back the scale and polish? At the moment, there is nothing on the table from the Department in respect of a voucher scheme. It is a proposal from the IDA that is currently at ground zero.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: I value independent practice and the work dentists do and have engaged with the IDA on several occasions. There is a difficulty, however. When members of this committee are contacted by patients and medical card holders who cannot get access to care, we have to try to solve the problem. As there are not enough public dentists, we are reliant on independent practice to resolve this problem....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: Is the IDA's criticism of the school screening programme that insufficient funds were made available in the most recent budget and the one before it? Funding of €4 million or €5 million was made available but that was never going to be enough to roll out a comprehensive scheme. The IDA critiqued that screening programme not so much in terms of the number of children through it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: I will make a final pointed directed to the Cathaoirleach. We again have a representative organisation before the committee raising issues relating to workforce planning and legitimate issues in respect of the need to train more dentists and recruitment and retention issues. There is no element of healthcare where this issue is not being raised. It is having a fundamental effect on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional funding provided for nursing homes in Budget 2023 under new measures and the amount provided to/via the NTPF, the nursing home support scheme, and the amount provided otherwise, in tabular form; the level under existing levels of service; the amount provided otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32967/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: We do not know.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: When?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: The new national children's hospital will be a game changer for the children of Ireland. It will be a fantastic, world-class hospital. It will nearly double surgical capacity and provide the best modern care, which the children of Ireland need and deserve. I want to see this hospital built and opened as soon as possible. I think that is in everyone's interest and it is what the children...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: I have even less confidence after that contribution, it has to be said. First, I did not put completion dates out there; you did-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: The Tánaiste's Government did. Ministers were saying-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: Excuse me, I am putting questions to the Tánaiste. His Ministers, including the one sitting next to him, were talking about March of next year as a completion date and then the Department of Health was saying it could be May. I did not put those dates out there. The board did and they were reiterated by the Minister. Previous dates were stated by previous Ministers as well. On...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: There is no secret.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: We did put it into the public domain.