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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 2972. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the research programme in healthcare reform; and if a review will be published. [39728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 2973. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the safe nurse staffing and skill mix review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 2974. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered engaging with NIAC to examine the possibility of giving a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups in the high risk and very high risk categories, for example, organ recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39745/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: 2975. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39762/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for all the work they have done in the past 18 months, which has been nothing short of phenomenal. Well done to the CMO and his team and Professor Butler and her team on all their work. I will start with the final paragraph of Dr. Holohan's opening statement which grabbed some headlines and merits some clarification. We all accept that there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: If I could just come back in, can I take it from Dr. Holohan's response that in his view we are still on track for the 22 October date for the ending of restrictions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: Okay. I will return to the presentation Dr. Holohan gave to members of the committee some months ago when the Delta variant first arrived? As he will recall, there were a number of projections. The scenarios were "optimistic", "central 1", "central 2" and "pessimistic". I am looking at the optimistic scenario, which was 81,000 cases. Central scenario 1 was 187,000 cases and central...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank Professor Nolan for that. I will follow on from that point because it segues into my next question on test and trace. There has been some public commentary with regard to children, especially in schools. In his opening statement, the CMO said that "we have noted an increase in testing rates and confirmed cases in children aged five to 12 years". There was also some public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: The chief clinical director of the HSE has said several times and I agree with him, and Dr. Holohan said himself in his overall remarks that as the harm associated with Covid-19 has significantly reduced, we must look at the benefits of what we are doing in terms of self-isolation requirements versus the costs that might have on children. Obviously, we have to keep children safe, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: We can expect some change then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Holohan for that. I have one question for Professor Butler but for clarity, we can expect or anticipate some change in terms of the self-isolation criteria for children and maybe for others as well who are asymptomatic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Holohan very much. I hope that in the next weeks and months, perhaps when Dr. Holohan next appears before the committee, members will be able to talk to him about wider healthcare issues and non-Covid healthcare issues. That will be important. I have one final question for Professor Butler. I understand the need to make sure those in nursing homes, those aged over 80 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank Professor Butler and all the witnesses for their work over the past 18 months.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Commissions of Investigation (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [42991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to the Barrow railway bridge and the strategic rail review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42294/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commissions of Investigation (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [43000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commissions of Investigation (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [42992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost for a new ombudsman for older persons. [41765/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commissions of Investigation (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [42150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commissions of Investigation (9 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of her Department over the preceding decade. [42999/21]