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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Could I get clarification on what I mentioned earlier regarding the criteria listed on the European website? It is stated that an EU citizen vaccinated in a non-EU country should be able to request an DCC in the member state of which he or she is a citizen. Have we just not got around to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: It is intended to do it at some point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank Ms Canavan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister and wish him good morning. Most of my questions will relate to the national maternity hospital. To date, what has been the overall State spend on the national maternity hospital in totality, including any spend on the site itself? Does the Minister have up-to-date figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I appreciate that. We have spent €51 million on a hospital in respect of which there is no agreement regarding a lease or the governance structure. How is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Let us test that for a moment. The Minister is saying that the €51 million was for enabling works. There was agreement within this Government and that which preceded it that this is the best site and we should go ahead with the build. We then spend the money because that is where the hospital is going to be built. How is it then the case that when Deputy Bríd Smith and I put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I will get to at least one former Minister who did raise the prospect of an alternative site, but we will stick with the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach for a moment. The Minister is right in saying that they raised concerns about details, but they were talking about the ownership of the site. How is it the case that the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group issued a statement a couple of days...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: In more recent times since he came to office, did the current Minister put on the table with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group the possibility of the State purchasing the land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Privately. Was that before or after the Tánaiste's remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Before the Tánaiste's remarks, the Minister did not have that discussion with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. It was a response to the pressure that was coming on the Government with regard to dealing with this issue, which is part of the problem. We are now dealing with it at the eleventh hour. I want to get to the remarks made by the previous Minister, Deputy Harris. Dr. Peter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: If that is not an option, realistically, the only two options left are that the State uses a compulsory purchase order, CPO, in respect of the land or that there is an agreement with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group to transfer the land to the State. It has stated that it is not going to do that, which leaves only one option, namely, a CPO, and that would take time. We are not really getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I hear that and I have one question on the easing of restrictions. To be fair, what the Minister is saying is that it is not off the table. However, the caveats he puts on it by saying that it will delay the project by years suggest it really is off the table in practical terms. That is what people will read from what he said. That is my opinion and the Minister has given his. With...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept all that. My time is up. I asked if the Minister consulted with the IMO because GPs were getting calls left, right and centre. In the context of this, was the IMO consulted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: With respect, my time is short and I asked about the cost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome all our witnesses and pass on my best wishes to all of those operating on the front line in very difficult and challenging circumstances. I will make a few points and then put a few questions to a number of witnesses. All of the opening statements made for very difficult listening and should be for all of us but there is a very clear relationship between the burnout facing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: In terms of student nurses and midwives, is what we are seeing at the moment exploitation? I have met hundreds of these students and what they are telling me is that fourth years are still in the hospitals and have been since the pandemic struck. There was a pause in the placements for some of the first, second and third years but not for all. Is it the case that the pay and allowance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: My time is almost up so I would like to put a question to Mr. Landers and to the IMO if I may. We cannot do justice to all of these issues today. We have only ten minutes to go through them all. Obviously, I accept the constraints but it is very difficult, given the number of issues involved, including the haphazard roll-out of the vaccine and the battle that healthcare unions are having...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 21 April 2021, if there are timelines in place for the commencement of the build works in the area; and when a property will be connected to broadband (details supplied). [39709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNA posts will be approved for a school (details supplied); the recommended and current actual number of SNA posts approved on average per student with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the local employment service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40868/21]