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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I would say it is more than that.

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I commend People Before Profit on tabling this motion and allowing us to have a debate on this important issue. I was first elected to the Seanad in 2011, and one of the earliest debates I took part in was on children's disability services. All the challenges that were outlined in that debate and all the asks that were made of the Government at the time are again contained in this motion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (19 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the development of National Standards for Home Support Services; the expected timeframe of the public consultation on these standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of his visits in 2024 to the United States of America regarding treatment abroad for children; the details of his flights, accommodation, and other expenses; the names and roles of those who travelled; the accommodation at which he and his officials stayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37192/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of flying medical specialists from the United States of America to Dublin for a clinic on 6 September in Crumlin Children's Hospital regarding treatment abroad for children; the details of these flights, accommodation, and other expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37193/24]

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: condemns the abandonment of patients in Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary following the wholesale cancellation of scheduled and planned care for several weeks at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in August 2024; notes the forthcoming publication of the report of the independent investigation by retired Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, into the...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: The Government is not opposing the motion, is that correct?

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State. First, I welcome the fact that since the three emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's were closed, this is the first time the Dáil has passed a motion saying that a second emergency department and a second model 3 hospital are needed for the mid-west. I think that is significant. There is a HIQA review that will look at this. That...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2050.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of equalising medical card thresholds with GP card thresholds, in tabular form; and the number of people to which this would relate, in each category. [31216/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2051.To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to introduce a long-service increment to the salary scale of clinical nurse specialists who have had their salaries linked to the clinical nurse manager 2 scale, following the publication of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31248/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2240.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 16 April 2024, if he or his officials have met with a group (details supplied); if so, the outcome of that meeting; the commitments given at that meeting; and if he will meet or has met the group. [32101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Deaths (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2241.To ask the Minister for Health the neonatal mortality rate and number of deaths for each year 2014-2024, nationwide and for each region and each hospital, in tabular form. [32102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2269.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a reduction of the reimbursement amount for cataract removal surgery from €1,928 to €863 despite no change in the cost of such a surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32234/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2508.To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents or equipment failures relating to national ambulance service defibrillators in the south-east in each of the past three years. [33350/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

David Cullinane: 2509.To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents or equipment failures relating to national ambulance service defibrillators in each ambulance region in each of the last three years. [33351/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the school transport arrangements for Ardmore to Dungarvan, County Waterford to ensure a safe and accessible service to Dungarvan for residents of Ardmore and district, and which addresses safety and access concerns with the current arrangements at Kiely’s Cross; when she will remove the closest school criterion; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the number of children in Ardmore and the surrounding districts who are unable to secure public or subsidised school transport to their local in-county schools in Dungarvan. [36072/24]

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with my colleagues. Sinn Féin will support the Bill. This legislation provides, in the main, for digital health records. Digital transformation is essential to improve patient safety, bring the health service into the 21st century, improve productivity, efficiency and value for money, and to properly hold the system to account. Accessible patient records are at the...