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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the position in which National Ambulance Service staff fall in the provisional allocation groups for the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the position of dentists, pharmacists and similar healthcare professionals in prioritisation in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups, given they are patient facing but are not being addressed as part of the first group of patient-facing healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances, by hospital, in each month in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has exact restrictions on speed limits for powered wheelchairs that it provides or reimburses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for each discipline, speciality and sub-speciality for each hospital; the number waiting according to the same monthly categories issued by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, on the basis of the December 2020 waiting list figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 668. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has purchased additional doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that other countries did not want, as has been done by Germany, France and Denmark; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2921/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I will take my time for questions and answers, if that is okay. It is important that we get as much information from the Minister as possible. I will start with some of the concerns that have been put into the public domain and raised in recent times. It is important for us to learn lessons, and the Minister has acknowledged that. We know issues were raised in relation to two hospitals...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister. Those lessons have to be learned and that is the most important thing that can happen. I wish to ask the Minister about the regularity of supply. As he said in his introduction, we are all being lobbied by different cohorts of society, whether it is dentists, pharmacists, carers or people who provide home help. There are many genuine questions these people have....

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: What is the number from Moderna?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: So at the moment it is about 40,000 but we can get more from it. From Moderna we have so far got 2,000, which is a very low number. The next question concerns if and when AstraZeneca gets approval, which we hope will happen towards the end of January. I have spoken to that company. It has done a great deal of advance manufacturing. First, what is the advance purchase agreement we have...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I have been informed that AstraZeneca has done a great deal of advance manufacturing. While the figure of 600,000 doses in the first quarter is significant, why are they coming monthly? Why not get more? Is it because that is all that have been produced? Are there logistical reasons for getting them monthly? Why not get all 600,000 at once and get them into GP surgeries and pharmacies in...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: On the detailed note the Minister mentioned, he might provide all that information to us. The more information he can provide to us, the better. As for the email address for submitting questions that was given to party health spokespersons, the response time is reasonable but could be better. I ask the Minister to take that up with his officials. I acknowledge that the Minister cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to ensure that a way forward is secured on data sharing between public authorities here and in Northern Ireland in the context of cross-Border travel through ports and airports and on tackling Covid-19 in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the total additional funding paid to date to nursing homes under temporary assistance payment schemes related to Covid-19; the length of time this will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of home help delivered in November and December 2020 and January 2021 relative to 2019-2020 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to HSE staff in the first two weeks of January 2021 by staff category, group and grade for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if he has signed off on the HSE 2021 national service plan; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses. I commend all of those on the front line in our healthcare services who are doing a Trojan job. I also commend those in the HSE who are rolling out the vaccine and wish everybody well. Best wishes to Dr. Woods and his team and Dr. Ronan Glynn and his team as well. I appreciate the point that Dr. Glynn made that there may not be best value in looking back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept that, and Dr. Glynn has answered the question, but my point is we went from very good data and good numbers, or at least better numbers and having some handle on the virus and some control, to a situation where we lost control. If we do not learn lessons about why we lost control, we could lose control again. With regard to public health intervention and the public health advice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Sorry, Dr. Glynn, we have very short time. The question I asked is whether NPHET is in favour of mandatory quarantine. It is a very direct question. Dr. Glynn appreciates why I am asking the question because it is a source of public discussion and an important one. People have a reasonable expectation that we will do everything possible to prevent the virus coming in when we get the...