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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for test and trace positions currently on a panel; the status of same on the panels in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff ready to begin work in testing and tracing but who have yet to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17464/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in Covid-19 testing and tracing by occupation; the number of dedicated staff in comparison to those who have been redeployed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who were taken on board for testing and for tracing but who have since left the job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1186. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 11 March 2021, the status of the staffing composition proposed for each of the mass vaccination centres; the targets for each; the numbers hired for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 1189. To ask the Minister for Health when the school immunisation programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/21]

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with Deputy Quinlivan. The Minister stated that he is looking for help from all Members of this House. He has got that help. We have come in here, week in and week out, offering solutions and putting forward ideas. We have asked people time and again to abide by the public health advice. We have discouraged unsafe activity and will do so again. People need help from...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I will take the Minister up on that offer, but I ask him to stick to answering the questions. I have limited time and the clock is ticking. People want answers to the questions I am putting. The question I put was how many doses of the vaccines are due to arrive in the month of April. It is a straight question and I am looking for a simple answer to it. I will take the Minister up on the...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: My question is for the month of April. This is the third time I have asked. For the month of April, what is the anticipated delivery?

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: Unfortunately, we all get a front row seat at the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Party Parliamentary meetings. That is the nature of those parties' meetings. It was reported that the Minister and Taoiseach stated the figure would be 860,000. The Minister is now saying it will be 1 million. This is what confuses people. He then says the figures cannot be 100% accurate. People need to...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: With respect, it is not about jumping up and down. We accept that they are estimated figures and if they change, they change. However, when they are changing overnight and different figures are being given at different meetings in different settings for different reasons, it does not inspire confidence. There is another question I want to put to the Minister now and he can answer it...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: The Minister might answer that first.

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I gave the Minister plenty of time.

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: The Minister is taking us for fools here.

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I commend the whistleblower, Shane Corr, on coming forward and "RTÉ Investigates" on airing the programme, bringing very distressing information into the public domain and making us aware of a practice that has scandalised and horrified the family members of children with autism and special needs. When I watched the programme last...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: 301. To ask the Minister for Health when members of the Traveller community with underlying conditions will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Hourihan and the other representatives of the Irish Dental Association. I will start by quoting a representative of the HSE who was before the committee last week. In the HSE's opening statement, the DTSS was referenced. I refer to one specific paragraph which stated: The HSE is aware that some medical card holders have experienced difficulties in accessing treatment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: Mr. Hourihan has been involved with the association for some time. In his view, is this an unprecedented crisis? Are we talking about a full-blown resourcing crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: I will home in on some questions regarding that decline. Funding declined by 31% between 2015 and 2020 but the number of dentists contracted has also declined substantially from 1,847 to 1,279. How many fewer dentists are signed up to the contract now than when we first started to see the decline a number of years ago? How stark is the number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Irish Dental Association (8 Apr 2021)

David Cullinane: Is it possible there are some inactive contracts? Is that where some of the confusion lies?