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Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I will put my remaining questions in one block. Will the Minister outline to the House the new target dates for all the over-85s and all the over-70s to be vaccinated? We are now hearing some other countries in Europe may use the AstraZeneca vaccine. We hear Britain is now examining the possibility of a third jab of the vaccine in the autumn. Is that something that is being considered...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to visits at care homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12260/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Reid. We have very limited time so I want to ask as many questions as possible in the ten minutes available to me. I will start by thanking again all of those on the front line who are doing a wonderful job in our health services, in testing and tracing and in the roll-out of the vaccine. I appreciate that a lot of good work is being done by a lot of people in the HSE and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Who, at a senior level, is in contact with the pharmaceutical companies? We know we have had several interruptions in supply. It was reported in today's edition of The Irish Timesthat there was a target of 1.7 million doses by the end of March. We were told it was 1.4 million earlier this year when others appeared before this committee. It dropped down to 1.2 million because of an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I have very limited time. We have seen several interruptions on the supply side. A number of times Astra Zeneca has left us short, as did Moderna last week. How many times has that happened? Are we still on course to reach that target or because of those interruptions, will we now not reach that target of 1.2 million by the end of March?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: All we want is factual information. I ask Mr. Reid to provide the committee with a note on how frequently there has been an interruption in supply. This should outline, for example, that on a particular date we were due to receive X number of doses from a particular company and then we received Y which was a lesser amount or more as the case may be. We should be given that information so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Who has overall responsibility for getting the vaccines from A to B? This is not just anecdotal; it is factual and has been reported by many GPs. Some did not get their vaccines on time. Some got their vaccines without proper equipment. I know one GP who received a box of leaflets as opposed to a box of vaccines and they had patients waiting to be inoculated. We have had reports of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: My question is: do we have a number? I hear what Mr. Reid is saying about some practices. It would be important for us to have that number so that we have a sense of the scale of the problem that emerged. We need to learn lessons as we ratchet up the roll-out. We all want this to be a success. When problems arise, we need to fix the problems which is why I am asking who has overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Who in the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I have two very quick questions finally. We have heard from Britain that there may be a need for a booster shot in the autumn. Does that need to be considered in this State also? I welcome that we have now started into category 4 and that those with underlying medical conditions will start to get their vaccines. It is important that we get that right. Do we have a central register of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I ask the Chair if it might be possible to get a detailed note from the HSE on some of the issues I raised. I appreciate the responses from Mr. Reid, but it is important for us to have as much data as possible on the inoculation process and on where problems have arisen with GPs not getting vaccines, consumables and syringes on time and associated delays. I would like to have those data and...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: We are on the cusp of something really big and exciting for the south east. I have been involved in politics for 20 years. For all those years and more, there have been campaigns for a university for Waterford and the south-east region. In less than a year this can be a reality and can happen. On 1 January next year, we could have a technological university for the south east, operating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have contracted Covid-19 in nursing homes, other long-term residential care facilities, palliative care settings and in hospital; the mortalities for same, by patient and by worker, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 764. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by Irish citizens who contracted Covid-19 abroad and have recovered from the virus yet are stranded abroad and unable to return here as they cannot produce a not detected PCR test result due to non-infectious viral remnant; if he has considered the way they may return here after having received...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) with regard to vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 857. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the NTPF suspended outpatients list; the number of patients waiting; the length of the wait and speciality of consultant they are waiting to see; if children are included in this suspended outpatients list; the number of children currently on a suspended outpatients list; if all patients have been informed that they have been moved to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on a first outpatients appointment with a specialist consultant in the HSE, to include all hospitals not just children waiting to see a consultant in CHI; the length of the wait; the speciality they are waiting to see; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12973/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 859. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish child specific wait lists as per a recommendation of the Ombudsman for Children in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12974/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 860. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish target outpatient wait times for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for a first outpatient appointment with a specialist consultant by wait times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12976/21]