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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (6 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to advance an autism empowerment strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35503/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason live music has been banned; if she has considered reviewing the decision and providing additional supports for musicians and businesses in the music industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36361/21]

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I will start by setting out a number of points I made when the tribunal was first established. Obviously, I will support what is a technical Bill to extend the period during which women may make claims to the end of July. It is welcome that this period is being extended. The fundamental question, though, is why it is being extended. I have spoken to members of the 221+ group and their...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept that the amendments have been ruled out of order. The Minister dealt with some of these issues on Second Stage with regard to recurrence and the Statute of Limitations and the reasons he was not able to deal with these issues at the time the tribunal was being established. He also stated while responding to Deputies on Second Stage, and in dealing with some of the issues addressed...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to make a contribution on the amendment and make a wider point. The amendment seeks to improve the working of the tribunal. What we are all trying to do is find ways in which we can make the tribunal more attractive to women so they can make a claim in the first instance. We have had some discussions on the advantages of the court system by comparison with the tribunal. It seems...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I have a question. I asked several parliamentary questions on the cost of the tribunal. I keep repeating that the cost is not the fundamental issue. The fundamental issue is to make sure we have a tribunal that works. Obviously, we also have to watch costs. By extending the time period by six months, taking that as the first part, are there are any anticipated additional costs? What are...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for bringing this Bill forward. I welcome it and offer my support for it. It is a welcome development that will undoubtedly create a better relationship between students, parents and school officials and will, all in all, create a much better environment in schools all around the State. Giving stakeholders a say is always the best approach in any scenario and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for a technological university for the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing university places which feed into the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the level of overcrowding in hospitals; his plans to expand hospital capacity in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37545/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: My question is about overcrowding in acute hospitals. I am sure the Minister will have seen the repeated warnings from healthcare trade unions over the past number of weeks to the effect that hospital overcrowding is very close to being back at pre-pandemic levels, which is unacceptable. We know overcrowding in hospitals is a symptom of a wider problem with regard to a lack of capacity....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: It is the case that overcrowding is becoming a problem in hospitals again. That was always going to be the case as we came out of a very difficult time for those who work on the front line. I acknowledge that, as the Minister said, it a has been a very difficult year for those on the front line because of Covid on the one hand, which led to the cancellation of much non-essential healthcare...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: If the Minister could send on all of that information it would be very helpful. However, an awful lot of what was promised has not been delivered. I accept what he outlined is additional capacity and that it is going to make a difference. Any additional beds and any additional staff member in the health services is something I will welcome but as I have said to the Minister on a number of...

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - due to the Covid-19 pandemic, guidance on visitation to long-term residential care facilities was issued by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, which included requirements to facilitate window visits during all levels of pandemic restrictions; - this guidance was not placed on a statutory basis and there was no authority which...

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I will start by offering my condolences to all the families who lost loved ones in nursing homes and, indeed, to people who lost loved ones over the course of the pandemic to Covid-19 outside nursing homes. This has been a very difficult time for everybody. I do not dispute the fact that all Members of the House, be they in the Government or in the Opposition, want to ensure there are the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I support the calls made by Deputy Whitmore. She is right about that interview given by the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, on 21 June on Newstalk. What he did was raise expectations. In fact, those of us in opposition commended and supported the stance he took. It was exactly what campaigners had been calling for, which is that all restrictions would be lifted for the full labour and not what...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State's speech was peppered with words like "reports" and "timelines". It was full of caveats and, to be quite frank and straight, excuses, and there are no excuses. As the previous speaker said, we have been told time and again that the same public health experts, whom the Government is saying we must hang our coats on for with everything else, are wrong when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses. I commend the HSE and Mr. Reid and staff across all of our health services on their work in what has been an horrendous year and a half, from Covid to the cyberattack. Staff have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make sure that people get the best services that can be provided. It is a very difficult time, but Mr. Reid will understand the frustration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: Has any of that €100 million come from other elements of budget 2021 not being implemented? I welcome that budget 2021 contains a commitment to increase acute bed capacity by 1,152 and to put in place an additional 66 ICU beds, 1,200 community and, I think, 1,600 additional staff but not all of that has been delivered. Can I take it that the commitment to capacity was baselined and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Cyberattack, Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out and Covid-19 Restrictions in Maternity Hospitals: Health Service Executive (23 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: We were told, in the context of budget 2021, that the additional bed and staff capacity were baselined and that even though it might be difficult to recruit all of the staff and deliver all of the beds in one year, the capacity was still be baselined. Is that still the case?