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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: There is still not a single room in the hospital built, so the Minister has much larger problems than grilles.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: And still not a single room has been completed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I welcome all the witnesses. There is a lot of smoke and mirrors in relation to the pay and numbers strategy and the embargo that we just had for the best part of a year, including what we call it. We call it a recruitment embargo and the HSE wants to call it a temporary freeze. We have had all this messing for the best part of a year. What we can say for a fact is that there has been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Okay, I have that point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I have that point, and it is a valid point. I want to come back to the central point that has been made by all of the witnesses here, which is the suppressing of posts. I am looking at Ms Ní Sheaghdha's own opening statement. Some 2,000 nursing and midwifery posts have effectively been abolished. For listeners, people watching and those worried about what is happening in hospitals,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I just want to be clear on the numbers. When Ms Ní Sheaghdha says 2,000 nursing and midwifery posts have effectively been abolished, were they posts advertised and funded by the HSE, or are they posts where line managers would have identified a need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Okay. I want to come on to SIPTU with regard to other non-nursing grades. Does SIPTU have a number as to how many of those grades would have been abolished, in effect, as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: What I am seeing from Mr. Ginley's opening statement is that the HSE refused to share data with any union as to how many funded and approved vacancies have been suppressed. Mr. Ginley is looking for that information but has not been given it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I want to offer the remaining time I have to Ms Kelleher who is, we are told, a radiation therapist. Ms Kelleher might be able to give us a sense - Mr. Ginley spoke in his opening statement about equipment not being utilised and the shortage of radiation therapists - of what effect the embargo has had on her grade and on the service that her professionals and colleagues provide. I will give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Through the Chair, I ask that if the unions are telling us they have sought data and they have not got it, maybe we can use our own offices here to request that information from the HSE regarding suppressed posts, unfilled posts and all of the information that the unions have not got. There has not been any engagement. What the witnesses are telling us is that unilateral decisions were made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex orthopaedic conditions on waiting lists with Children's Health Ireland; his plans for making treatment abroad accessible for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 39. To ask the Minister for Health if he can guarantee when inpatient residential dual diagnosis services will resume in Keltoi; what has caused the delay in reopening these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39372/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the severe restrictions on recruitment in the health service under the pay and numbers strategy; if he will reverse the loss of pre-existing vacancies; if he is aware of the complications his budget has caused for people returning from leave or career breaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39371/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 52. To ask the Minister for Health the composition of regional executive management teams; if this will include a chief health and social care professional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39369/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (3 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 63. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date by the productivity and savings task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39370/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (8 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive; and the breakdown, by length of wait, in tabular form. [39664/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (8 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024. [39665/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (8 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39669/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: 423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete AON, in tabular form as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026:...