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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for by CHO; the total number granted in tabular form over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care plans for each CHO; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from each hospital in the Saolta Group while waiting on a home care package or community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58951/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in the Saolta Group counties available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 689. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the terms of reference of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when he will announce the appointment of a lead independent expert; when each of the strands of the review will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will adjust the recruitment process for permanent and locum doctors, nursing, health care assistants and other posts in the health service; if the HSE will or has devolved power to hospital management or group management or otherwise senior staff below a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding international recruitment into the health service regarding work permits; if his attention has been further drawn to issues regarding the recruitment of carers and healthcare assistants and disputes regarding constraints on critical skills employment permits; his plans to address the shortage of carers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the severe overtime culture in the HSE; the average number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by grade within the medical, dental, nursing and midwifery and healthcare assistant professions in acute hospitals; his plans to ensure that promise overtime rates are applied in every hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 693. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand menopause supports and awareness; the steps he has taken since becoming Minister; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission for a specialist centre for intestinal failure; if he plans to deliver a specialist centre at St James’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59123/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin has tabled a number of amendments to the Bill, as the Minister may have seen. When previous incarnations of the Bill were brought before the Dáil we supported them and we will also support this Bill. At the same time, it is important that the Minister listens to what the Opposition is saying on the need for engagement and the need for proper oversight, accountability and...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: What about testing arrangements?

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, after line 33, to insert the following: “ “relevant statutory instrument” means any regulation made under the sections inserted in the Act of 1947 by— (a) this Act, (b) the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, (c) the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I am.

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, after line 33, to insert the following: “Parliamentary oversight of Covid-19 regulations 2. (1) Every relevant statutory instrument made by the Minister shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas not less than 48 hours before they come into effect and— (a) where, before the date on which paragraph (b) would have effect, a...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I will be very brief on this amendment. I commend the Deputy on tabling this amendment as it is a very important one which I was hoping the Minister would accept. We have already talked about what this legislation is intended to do. The Minister set out the rationale for that and it is not going to stop this new variant from coming. If we were to introduce mandatory hotel quarantine, this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in correspondence by person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 215. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a submission by a group (details supplied); if legislation is planned to add physiotherapists to the list of persons permitted to refer a person for ionising radiation; if he is liaising with the HSE to introduce the proposed grade of advanced practice physiotherapist; the timeframe for delivering the proposals in the pre-Budget submission;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to vaccinations for persons over 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59634/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: “Report of the Minister 5.Not less than two weeks before any motion for a renewal of the provisions of this Act, a report on how they have been applied or enforced shall be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. The report shall include: (a) information, including statistical breakdown, on implementation of these provisions; (b) information, including...