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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Will free car parking for front-line healthcare workers continue?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I want to deal with one more issue. I have a number of questions on screening services. Before I ask them, I want to point out that I completely understand that a cancer diagnosis comes from going to a GP and being referred on. However, we also know that screening is important for detection and, therefore, helps. What is the situation with CervicalCheck, BreastCheck and BowelScreen? What...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: What capacity are the screening services operating at in comparison with pre-Covid times? I want the actual numbers, figures and percentages, in writing if possible.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: It would be helpful if Dr. Henry could email those details to me and to all members today.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: The Minister might have seen that I was wearing my 24-7 cardiac care for Waterford mask. I am sure he has not forgotten about that campaign. I welcome the Minister and his team. I have a lot of questions to get through in my ten minutes. As an experienced politician, I am sure the Minister will know that I need distinct answers to the questions if that is possible. I know we are dealing...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I will stop the Minister there. I welcome that, and we need as many critical care beds as we can get, but I want to bring the Minister back to the number of acute hospital beds and the advice he has been given on the anticipated shortfall or anticipated lack of acute bed capacity due to the rule of not exceeding 80% capacity and due to the social distancing guidelines. What figure has the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I know that. I have asked the Minister for a figure.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Does the Minister have a figure today?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Did the Minister read his own ministerial brief?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Does he know what the figure is in the ministerial brief?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I am asking a very straight question because this is a very serious issue. Did the Minister read his ministerial brief, and if so, will he outline the figure that is stated as the potential loss of capacity for all those reasons?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: That is not what the brief states. I will read it out for the Minister.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I will read it out for the Minister so that we are clear on what the figure is.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: We can go only on the information we are given by the Minister's Department. His ministerial brief states the HSE estimates an 20% decrease in the number of targeted inpatient cases for 2020. It has also estimated there could be a shortfall in capacity due to safe distancing requirements and a reduction in utilisation to 80% of 4,700 beds, based on a current baseline of 11,000. I submitted...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Whatever the figure might be, my question now, given that we can work only on the figures we are given, is that there is going to be lost capacity, so how are we going to replace it? What are the options on the table? Every winter there is a crisis in our acute hospitals, and if we are to deal with Covid, non-Covid and catch-up care, as well as reduced capacity, a perfect storm is coming at...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I have produced my own plan and I sent a copy to the Minister's office. I appreciate there needs to be a winter plan but, with respect, the question I am asking is what are the options for increasing bed capacity. While we need more investment in primary care, while there are more supports for people with disabilities and while we need to do more in nursing homes, I am dealing specifically...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: The ministerial brief also states that even if we were to take all the capacity in the private system, it would still not be enough to make up the shortfall. There is an urgent need to bring this plan forward. I have two final questions for the Minister. I refer to the Be on Call for Ireland initiative. According to the latest figures I received at the end of July, 1,639 front-line...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: How many of them have been given a contract?

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I will be supporting this Bill, and as previous speakers have said, I would not be supporting it if the sunset clause was not in it. The Minister herself acknowledged that it is not desirable that we would have to bring in emergency legislation to deal with these situations. We must, however, go back to first principles. The public health guidelines are...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — this State has the third highest rate of cancer in the world with more than 43,000 cancers diagnosed on an annual basis; — the importance of catching cancer early is indisputable; — fewer than 100,000 people were screened in the first half of this year compared to 500,000 in all of 2019, with the National...