Results 17,621-17,640 of 26,766 for speaker:David Cullinane

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Can I stop Professor MacCraith there? We have very limited time and when we put a question, we really need it to be answered very sharply. I was trying to get back in a couple of times. I say that to other members of the committee who will be coming in as well. I know it is difficult with this exchange. The question I asked was how many we anticipated. Professor MacCraith said it was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: In his opening statement and his own vaccination programme, Professor MacCraith talks about the vaccine supply chain. It is very helpful. I found the graph to be very straightforward and useful. It talks about supply from manufacturer to storage, distribution and then vaccine location. What is an estimated end-to-end turnaround time for whichever vaccine comes on stream first such as, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: Do we have any idea? When I talk to some of these manufacturers, they tell me they have already manufactured huge numbers of doses. If that is the case, we should have some sense from them as to how many doses we are likely to get, say, in the first half of next year if there is positive news on regulatory approval. There must be some indication of how many doses we would have acquired in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I have to put my next question to Professor MacCraith because the time is very limited. How many proposed mass vaccination centres are we potentially looking at? In the programme, Professor MacCraith said quite rightly that all the vaccinators will be fully qualified healthcare professionals, as it should be. How many staff are we looking at? Notwithstanding how quickly we will get the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: The number of staff is an important question. I asked how many staff are likely to be needed for these centres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I think it is an important one to put on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: My question was whether this is an outlier or is it more the standard now in new vaccines, that there would be an indemnity?

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with an Teachta O'Reilly. First, in what will be my final contribution in this House before Christmas, I wish the Minister and his family a happy and peaceful Christmas and, indeed, all the staff in the Department and those in the HSE. I thank sincerely all the front-line workers who work in our acute hospitals and in primary, mental health and community care, as well as...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to start by wishing the Ceann Comhairle and all of my colleagues a happy new year. Hopefully we will get through this year as best we can. We are facing into the worst phase of the pandemic on this island. As of this morning, in this jurisdiction, there were 1,750 people in hospital with this deadly virus and more than 170 in intensive care. The HSE forecasted that the best-case...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I have seven and a half minutes and there will be two and a half for my colleague. I want to go over and back as fluidly as I can with the Minister. I accept this is a difficult format. I do not want to bash the Government over the head on the roll-out of the vaccine and I certainly do not want to bash over the head Dr. Colm Henry, Professor MacCraith and Professor Butler. They have...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Of the 700,000, the most up-to-date information given to health spokespersons at the latest briefing by Professor MacCraith, his team and Dr. Colm Henry was that we would get 40,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine weekly until the end of March, although that amount might increase when the additional procurement through the EU comes on stream. Has that position changed? Is the figure of 700,000...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: The 700,000 is the best -case scenario and is based on including the AstraZeneca vaccine and the current number of Pfizer doses increasing. On the day we were briefed by Professor MacCraith, the news came through that 300 million more doses would be procured through the European Commission, of which we would be in line for 3 million doses. When are they likely to arrive? Where does Ireland...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept that. I will ask my next question constructively, although I am not sure whether what I am asking for is possible. If the AstraZeneca vaccine receives certification at the end of January as anticipated, and given that AstraZeneca is one of the companies that has undertaken a great deal of advanced manufacturing, will it be possible to get shipments of the vaccine to the State...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: My colleague wants to contribute, so I will ask a final question on the vaccine before putting a question to the Minister about what is happening in our acute hospitals. We are all getting genuine queries from different cohorts of the population about where they will be in the roll-out of the vaccine. Carers and home helpers are two categories of people from whom we are getting many calls....

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety Inspections (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections at bookmakers each month since February 2020; the number found to be non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance when the necessary communications to the Minister for Health and the HSE will be made to allow for the resumption of issuing primary medical certificates; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if carers are included in the any of the higher-order sequencing Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups or if they are more generally considered as part of the aged 18 to 54 years who did not have access to the vaccine in prior phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44910/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1019. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drug group has met to date in January 2021; when the group will next meet; if the drug dupilumab will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved pharmacist posts at each hospital, including Children's Health Ireland, CHI; the number of posts filled by tenure, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and so on; the ratio of approved posts-to-patient and filled posts-to-patient; the length of time vacant posts or posts filled by non-permanent appointments have been unfilled in...