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Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I hope we will get progress on this issue, and I think everybody accepts it is an urgent issue. My final question concerns category 6 key workers. The decision to not use the AstraZeneca vaccine for those aged over 65 years old means that the people in this key worker group will be the second next category to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. There is still no definition of who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Ms Justice Laffoy and her team. I hope she is well. I wish them well in their important work. It is an issue in which we on the joint committee have taken a keen interest. As I am sure they will be aware, there were a number of examinations into nursing homes and residential care facilities in recent times, obviously, because of Covid, and there were a number of reports....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I will look back a little before I ask some questions about the solutions that Ms Justice Laffoy spoke about. I would support her statement that their assessment of the law on this area needs to be comprehensive and that the recommendations need to be solutions-focused, practical and workable, and provide adults at risk of abuse and neglect with the best possible legal protections....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: The IASW has raised with us a number of genuine concerns that go to the heart of the need for adult safeguarding legislation and a statutory basis for the framework. Currently, there is no legal right of entry for any independent inspector or social work team into a private nursing home. This is one of the issues that arose in many of the investigations. The IASW wrote in its submission:...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I will finish, since my time is probably up. I am sorry - did Ms Justice Laffoy wish to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I will make a final point and perhaps Ms Coen can contribute then. I wish everyone on the commission well in what it is doing. These are long-standing issues and, as Mr. Byrne stated, there are social workers and others working on the ground who have direct experience of many of them. The majority of care settings, include nursing homes and other residential care services, provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: Dr. Mulligan can start. I am not sure Ms Caulfield can hear us.

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I commend Deputy Doherty on the work he has done in this area over a long period of time. These are not new issues. The issue of dual pricing and price gouging has been with us for a long time. These are very unfair and, in fact, toxic practices that have been carried out by greedy insurance companies for a long time. Deputy Doherty and others have shone a spotlight on this issue for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being are considered to supplement school transport with concessionary tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for and details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 as required under the Act; the way in which he plans to collect evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 864. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the expansion of terminal illness medical cards; when this will be operationalised; the way in which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 27 January, the number of applicants on each of the panels referenced; and the number on panels for hospitals and hospital groups. [8136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts across the health service; the average length of time that posts are vacant across existing vacancies, by occupation category; the number of applicants for each occupation category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 715. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line prison officers will be included in the priority list for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; the overall strategy for the roll-out of vaccines across prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted for each acute hospital for additional capacity or beds which have not been funded or approved; the stage at which these applications are at; the proposed capacity these would add to the health system if approved in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has received applications in the 13 months from January 2020 to January 2021 for rapid modular units or new physical space projects; the number submitted and approved, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications made for capital funding by hospitals and hospital groups in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 796. To ask the Minister for Health the drugs which were considered at the January HSE drugs group meeting; the stage at which each are at in their application; the actions emerging from the meeting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 876. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disproportionate mortality rates from Covid-19 among kidney patients which is similar to that of residents of long-term care facilities; if the vaccination allocation sequencing has been reviewed with this in mind; if he has engaged with advocates of kidney patients such as an organisation (details supplied) or with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (17 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 816. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended replacement period of a mirena coil; if it can work effectively beyond this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8474/21]