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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: The witnesses are very welcome and I thank them for their opening statement. I ask them to clear up some confusion in this area. Anyone listening to this discussion in recent months will have seen a lot of smoke and mirrors. On the one hand, the Minister for Health has been telling us we have never had it so good with all of this recruitment that we have seen over the last number of years,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: When the Minister for Health was before the committee last week I put it to him that if he disputed the figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, SIPTU, Fórsa or any other organisation on suppressed, lost or decommissioned posts, he should provide the real number and I did not get an answer. Is the lack of an answer because the data is not being captured or does the HSE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I accept that. Ms Connolly spoke about a lack of transparency about the data underpinning the pay and numbers strategy and the other healthcare trade unions have made a similar point. She made another important point, which should be noted, that HSE HR was directed to essentially switch off the vacancies on the SAP payroll system. If vacant posts are switched off and gone, is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Are these posts that were marked as vacant on the HSE's SAP payroll system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: They have just vanished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Yes. I wish to come back to the concluding remarks in Fórsa's opening statement. Before I do that, another important point was made when it was said that we should not conflate new development posts with core service delivery, the replacement of staff, staff turnover, etc. From what was said, I am assuming that the Minister quite rightly is saying there is recruitment and that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Fórsa is asking that the Minister and the Government, or at least the HSE anyway, would negotiate with Fórsa and other healthcare trade unions on the pay and numbers strategy, which makes sense, have a workforce plan, which makes sense as well, and deal with safe staffing levels. Another observation I will make is that it is very odd and bizarre that we train so many healthcare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: It has more than doubled.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Nov 2024)

David Cullinane: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied). [45478/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Nov 2024)

David Cullinane: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is supported to avail of the two years of early childhood care and education; if he will grant an overage exemption; if he can stand over the exclusion of this child from the scheme given their physical condition which did not permit the use of the scheme in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (6 Nov 2024)

David Cullinane: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [45493/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2024)

David Cullinane: 149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adults have access through the health service to burosumab for treatment for hypophosphataemia (details supplied). [45496/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Nov 2024)

David Cullinane: 1106. To ask the Minister for Health the additional responsibilities and roles taken on or assigned to consultants in public health following the creation of this grade; the number of doctors that have moved into this grade, and the additional responsibilities which came with this new role; the impact of this new post in real terms on work practices; if any analysis has been conducted on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for 2025 for seeking funding through the summer works programme for school maintenance; and the relevant dates for application and decision. [46663/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason NEPS psychology services are unable to diagnose autism. [46667/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive a modular unit for a special class, which is needed as a matter of urgency; and if she will contact the school to provide clarity on the timeline in order that the school can proceed as planned with opening the special class for the September 2025 intake. [46722/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration was given to expanding the scope of the investigation relating to abuse in religious schools to involve all schools; if she plans to address historical abuse which occurred in schools not run by religious orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46740/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provision of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) to open an ASD Class; the timeframe for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46898/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reports requested, commissioned, or otherwise received by her Department relating to building defects at a school (details supplied); if there are plans to rectify these defects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

David Cullinane: 971. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding already approved under the immigrant investor programme will be released to enable the completion of the national child development centre in Kildare; if there is a reason why this funding has not been released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46756/24]