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Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I just want to make a number of remarks because this is a groundbreaking Bill. We have been through a very lengthy process and I genuinely do not believe that this Bill has been rushed or that we have done anything in haste. We have done our job very diligently. There was a lot of pre-legislative scrutiny. In fact, there was an Oireachtas committee that did a huge amount of work on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I welcome our witnesses. I will start by giving a shout out to the Solas cancer support centre in Waterford in my constituency for the great work they do. I visited the centre last year in advance of the budget and the ask then was the same as is being asked now and which is the purpose of the meeting. I was blown away by the range of services provided. It struck me coming away from that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: My question is more about whether the centres have seen a drop-off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Over a reasonable time period, be it three or five years or longer, have the centres seen a drop-off in the level of fundraising or money coming in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Is it the precarious nature of it? I am trying to capture what is the big problem. As I hear the witnesses today, sustainability of funding is really important and the centres cannot plan for 2024 and 2025 if they are dependent on funding that may or may not happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: My time is up. I thank the witnesses for the work they do. It is fantastic.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 May 2024)

David Cullinane: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on the National Treatment Purchase Fund’s commissioning of diagnostic testing to date, by month, since commencement, in tabular form; the level of expenditure per scan type; his intentions regarding current and future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: You have tried that tack before.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: What are you doing about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: We did not ask you to.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: They have run rings around you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Delays will mean it is more costly-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Give over.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: We are holding you to account.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: How pathetic is that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: That is pathetic.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Back off would be more like it. That is what the Government wants. This is crazy stuff.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: That was really pathetic.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jun 2024)

David Cullinane: 728.To ask the Minister for Health the number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service in Waterford city and county; if he considers this an adequate number; the steps he will take to ensure there is an adequate number of authorised numbers available in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24901/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jun 2024)

David Cullinane: 729.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of authorised officers for the purposes of assisted/involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 2001 currently within the health service, by county and by CHO, in tabular form. [24902/24]