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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: This is the first time the Minister, or anyone in Government, has accepted that this pause, or what many would call an embargo, is, as he puts it, causing real pressures in hospitals. Every time we have raised this until now, we have received a completely different response, which is to say there is nothing to see here and it is not having an impact. I raised these precise issues in recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: I do not see it is a case of either-or. We should always challenge the healthcare system. We should always challenge those at the top in the system to achieve greater productivity and to ensure we are getting value for money and efficiencies. That should go without saying. My understanding is - the Minister often boasts about it and I accept it is an achievement - that the net increase...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by type, at each Children’s Health Ireland location in each January in each of the years 2012 to ]2024, in tabular form. [8705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts attached to each critical care bed at each location within Children’s Health Ireland in each January in each of the years 2012 to 2024, by staff grade, in tabular form; and the number of vacancies at each point. [8706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 490. To ask the Minister for Health the status of naming the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from hospital waiting lists through validation processes for each year 2019 to 2023, by reason for removal, in tabular form. [8822/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; if any areas will see a decrease in supports; the reason why the HSE does not directly provide post-mastectomy support from approved vendors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9278/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 120. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 121. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 122. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9421/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 123. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the Board of Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 124. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chief executive officer of Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 125. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the Board of the Health Service Executive in relation to children’s health services since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the use in certain retail outlets of text only, large, colourful and attention-grabbing posters which are used to highlight a select number of tobacco products for sale; if he has examined whether such posters are contrary to regulations and standards; if he has sought an update on enforcement where this is the case; if he will address...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on reviews into serious patient safety incidents at University Hospital Limerick's emergency department; the number of such incidents; his plans to deliver safe capacity at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 55. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission in their report on CAMHS, and how many of these recommendations have been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons in the State and on the island who are sufficiently qualified and skilled to undertake kyphectomies; if he has examined treatment abroad options for children requiring kyphectomies; his plans to address service deficits in this area; if he has sought for the Health Service Executive or Children's Health Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to rural GP and local health care services; to report on his engagements with his Department and Health Service Executive officials and an organisation (details supplied) regarding the development of a directly employed GP contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

David Cullinane: I have a grá for carers - I imagine everybody in this House does - because of the work they do. A number of weeks ago I was asked to visit the home of a person who was being cared for and there was an issue that they were asking me to assist with. The carer was present in the house. What struck me was that the carer was an older lady who was looking after her husband, and she had...