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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I will make one final point on the vaccines. I will be at the top of the queue after all those who are at risk and who should be prioritised. I certainly will be taking it myself. There is a need for a public education programme but it must be rolled out by experts, scientists, doctors and nurses because that is who people will listen to. They may listen to politicians but they will...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I will move on to hospital wait times. I raise these questions in the context of subhead J2 and the €200 million that was allocated to fund the winter plan. I had this conversation with the head of the HSE recently. Outpatient wait times are now out of control, if we are to be honest. At the end of October 2015, there 396,000 people waiting to see a consultant. At the end of...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I do not want to be rude, but that is not the question I asked. I know all that. That was well dealt with by the head of the HSE and by the Minister in his budget speech. I asked if we have a target.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Sláintecare, which we all signed up to, promised that people should not wait any longer than four months. However, despite that, the wait times are going in the wrong direction. If we are going to spend more money, as we should, on our health service and if there is a plan to recruit more staff and open more beds, that should be matched with a target to reduce outpatient and inpatient...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Is there a target for 2020?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Is that something new?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I have looked back at the service plans and I cannot find any targets. The Minister is saying that for the first time he will introduce targets with an objective to reduce waiting times. If that is the case where and when will we see that?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I will give two real-life examples of people waiting for treatment. When we talk about waiting times, it is hundreds of thousands of people. These are real people with real lived experiences. One is Elin who has Down's syndrome and suffers from arthritis. She is non-verbal and her parents have told me she is in constant pain. She has been waiting for two years for an MRI scan. She had...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: The offer the Minister has made clearly is not acceptable to either the Irish Hospital Consultants Association or the IMO. They are telling me that what is on offer has always been offer. There is nothing new here.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average pre-Covid-19 wait time for a personal public service number, PPSN, application to be processed; the current wait time owing to Covid-19 delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41867/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to fractured industrial relations in Waterford Institute of Technology that are resulting in a large number of cases in the WRC and courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41165/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent over the past four years by Waterford Institute of Technology or on behalf of the Institute or Department on legal fees, awards and settlements associated with staff grievances and lawsuits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41166/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent over the past four years by Waterford Institute of Technology or on its behalf on consultants for improving industrial relations and increases in insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41167/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fractured industrial relations at Waterford Institute of Technology pose a risk to the timely achievement of a technological university for the southeast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41168/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cancer Research (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients accessing clinical trials; the performance in terms of the percentage of patients accessing clinical trials compared to key performance indicator targets set previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41155/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 565. To ask the Minister for Health the targets for hire for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41177/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hires for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41178/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the total targeted workforce by 1 December 2020 and actual workforce size at 1 December 2020 for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41179/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the targets for interview for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41180/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of interviews for the dedicated swabbing and testing workforce identified in the winter plan on a weekly and monthly basis for the period 1 June to 1 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/20]