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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; if the concerns of the staff will be addressed; if DEIS band 1 and vertical schools will be included in the reduction in the pupil-to-teacher ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 773. To ask the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35367/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be clarified; the reason distinctions are made; the reason the rate of sick pay or leave differs substantially despite the effect of being out of work being the same in both cases; the reason a Covid-19-symptomatic person is being put on normal sick leave instead of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of influenza vaccines by type ordered in 2019; the number administered in 2019; the stock unused in 2019; the estimates for 2020 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35470/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I would like to again raise an issue I raised yesterday. I propose that the committee be given a briefing on the issue of vaccines. Two issues arise. One is the matter of vaccines for Covid. We will receive part of whatever number of vaccines the European Commission procures but it is important the committee is briefed on how that is going to work and how many doses we expect to get this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: We agreed to do this at yesterday's meeting. Can we ask the clerk to draw up a paper on what it would look like and who would attend? That would move matters along.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: Our guests will be aware we are under tight time constraints, so I would appreciate if our guests can respond to my questions as succinctly as they can. In some of my questions, I am merely seeking information. I will begin by putting a question to Dr. Henry about the flu vaccine. I understand he wrote to all GPs and pharmacists on Monday. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: In that letter, Dr. Henry stated there were 1.3 million doses of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine, QIV, 700,000 of which had been administered. Some 600,000 doses had been distributed but not administered. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: They have not been administered------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: They have not been lost; they just have not yet been administered to patients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: In his letter, Dr. Henry set out the high-risk categories, such as the over-65s, healthcare workers and pregnant women. Of the 600,000 doses that have not yet been administered, how can Dr. Henry guarantee that those high-risk patients will be prioritised? What checks or controls are in place? Can Dr. Henry guarantee that those who are deemed to be prioritised will be prioritised over others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I apologise for interrupting but given that there is a significant demand this year, as Mr. Reid rightly noted, how can Dr. Henry guarantee that those 600,000 doses that have not yet been administered will go to the categories he outlined in his letter? He stated he wants to pause the remaining 50,000 to ensure they are prioritised, but how can he guarantee they will be prioritised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: We have sought a briefing not just on this issue but also on the potential for a Covid vaccine. We look forward to that briefing, which we hope will happen in the next couple of weeks. I wish the best of luck to the HSE in that work. It will be very important in the fight against Covid. I turn to Mr. Reid in respect of hospital wait times. At the end of September 2016, some 438,267...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I apologise to Mr. Woods but this is not Covid related. I will outline the figures year on year because it is not fair to say this is due to Covid. In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and this year, the number of patients was 438,000, 493,000, 515,000, 568,000 and 612,000, respectively. Year on year, therefore, over recent years the numbers have been increasing. I am asking why. Turning to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: None of that answers my question because we need capacity. In regard to cardiology wait times in 2016, some 16,806 patients were on waiting lists, while in 2020, the figure was 27,000, a considerable increase. In 2016, some 1,875 people had been waiting 18 months, whereas the figure is now 7,963. I have dealt with a number of other cases that I will put to Mr. Woods. An elderly woman has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sorry but I need to come back in again. Elective hospitals are a long way down the road and I want those hospitals to be delivered as quickly as possible. All elected representatives and members of this committee get representations. I refer to an elderly woman waiting for more than two years to see a pain specialist, children with scoliosis waiting longer for treatment, people on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding for health capital projects will be made available in the context of a capacity deficit following from the Covid-19 pandemic and associated operational difficulties and delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when austerity cuts to public health sector pay will be restored; when pay inequality within healthcare professions will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training pathways, including third-level undergraduate and postgraduate pathways, currently in place for each of the medical professions; the numbers availing of these annually; the cost per person for each pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the services offered by the HSE for which there is a waiting list; the median and mean wait time on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36163/20]