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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by staffing category and grade at each hospital, by hospital group; the length of time these vacancies have been open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to recruit a replacement for a vacancy; the average length of time it takes to recruit into a new post across medical and nursing and midwifery staff grades for each hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time each stage in the capital application process takes in the context of new build acute inpatient beds; the length of time of the application process, the funding approval process, the procurement process and the build process, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 221. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 12 October 2021, the location at which the 1,146 acute beds announced in budget 2021 have been or will be opened in 2021; the number at each location; the number opened in existing spaces; the number previously funded under one-off funding such as, but not limited to, the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list each waiting list for services provided by the HSE, except for those provided by community services, which is not reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [54924/21]

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with some of my colleagues. Grace was failed by the State and by individuals in charge of her care. Some 46 others went through this home and it is welcome that all of their cases will be fully investigated. Grace was failed by the South Eastern Health Board and by a system that did not have adequate safeguarding laws and processes in place. Red flags were raised but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: There is no better man than the Minister of State to dredge.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: Helvick is a working sea fisheries harbour in the west Waterford Gaeltacht. It also hosts an RNLI lifeboat station that serves the bay of Dungarvan and the surrounding coastal zone. A build-up of sand and silt in the harbour has resulted in it becoming inaccessible and unnavigable at low tide. Fishing boats can neither enter nor leave the harbour, except at high tide, and the lifeboat is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I do not think the RNLI lifeboat station, the people who work in that area or the fishers really care where the money comes from. Whether it comes from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is not the issue for them. The problem relates to when Departments operate in silos and there is not a joined-up approach. On the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of daycare services in north County Sligo; the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver daycare services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a nursing post in hospitals in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a consultant post in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a new or vacant post in the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals by type of referral and service for each month of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55362/21]

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and emergency services are at crisis point, with health care professionals expecting a very challenging winter with insufficient ambulance capacity; — response time standards state that life-threatening callouts should be responded to within 19 minutes in 81.5 per cent of cases;...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: It is a sad reflection on our health service that many people cannot access a GP. As the Minister knows, in some parts of Dublin and in some rural areas, people cannot register with a GP because of a shortage. We are now seeing waiting lists and waiting times for GPs. In the past, people could contact their GP and get an appointment that day or within two or three days. That is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for those whose industries are open but remain heavily affected by Covid-19; if measures are being considered to support front-line workers who are aged over 60 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; when it will be available for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of an association (details supplied) to address major concerns regarding the support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55809/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places for oral immunotherapy for children; the locations of each facility in which the treatment is dispensed; his plans to expand the number of places for children; the location in which treatment is dispensed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55768/21]