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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: I asked a question earlier in regard to spending being ahead of profile and Mr. Gloster said it was probably greater than the €500 million we were told about the last time he was before the committee. Will he provide the committee with a briefing on the following point, if possible? To much fanfare, the Minister announced the establishment of a group to look at achieving savings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: To clarify, Mr. Gloster said there was correspondence that has gone or will go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster might come back to me by email to clarify that they have got it. I will be asked by the public whether this has been approved and whether the hospital has been given this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: It is approved and they have been given the green light. Whether they got that letter or not, they know that they can start recruiting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: Mr. Canavan might have the answer to a separate question. A number of my colleagues in Sligo were in contact with me recently about the pain management service in Sligo that has apparently ceased operating. Councillor Thomas Healy was one of those who was in contact with me. I know local representatives have been raising this with Mr. Canavan. I know, from my experience in the south east,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: It is a recruitment issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: I will come back to the issue of neurology services, which is a matter of frustration for us. I do not expect Mr. Gloster to micromanage every staff member who is recruited to the health service. However, when the Oireachtas health committee puts a particular focus on a major issue like neurology services, when we have had not one but several meetings where we discussed the roll-out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Gloster.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: Last week, I tabled a Topical Issue matter on the need to provide funding a runway extension at Waterford Airport. In 2019, I, along with the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, was part of a delegation that met with the then Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, who gave a commitment to fund the airport. I know there are processes that have to be gone through and in recent...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Bill. I also commend my colleague and our higher education spokesperson, Mairéad Farrell, on her work in this area and on, in my view, putting this issue on the political agenda in the first place by identifying the total amount of vulture fund-owned PBSA, identifying the average rent charged and identifying where 51-week leases were being demanded, but also by identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if all podiatry services previously at local health clinics across Sligo have been relocated to a central hub in Sligo town; if so, the reason; if this will be a permanent arrangement; the extent of staffing vacancies in this service; the number of approved posts which are unfilled; the number of posts subject to the recruitment moratorium; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the pain management service at Sligo University Hospital; the number of approved consultant posts in this field working across the Saolta Hospital Group and Health Region West and North West; the number of filled posts, permanent and temporary, in tabular form; the steps he will take to re-open the pain services in the west and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (9 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 750. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pause on the roll-out of dementia-specific intensive home care packages in Waterford/CHO5, citing a need for clarity on a standard operating procedure; the reason it is requiring political intervention to get packages approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people waiting for a driving test at each centre; and the average wait time from application to test. [30421/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people waiting for a driving test in Waterford; and the average wait time from application to test. [30422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the policy will be reviewed in light of this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30424/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a 10% increase in guidance counselling hours. [30346/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a 10% increase in guidance counsellors, and the WTE this would fund. [30347/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered an application (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30426/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received applications in the past two years from a school (details supplied) for repair works, including an external environmental projects application; the reason for delay in approving the applications; if she will support the applications; and if she will write to the school to clarify when funding will be approved for the project....