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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 3. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to improve governance and accountability at Children's Health Ireland, CHI; if she will publish the unpublished review of a department at CHI at Crumlin; the steps she has taken to address issues highlighted in that report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34743/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 1. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure that Health Service Executive and National Treatment Purchase Fund spending on insourcing initiatives is transparent and accountable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34742/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 10. To ask the Minister for Health when she will commence sections of the (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 to give effect to retrospective recognition of parentage for children who are already resident in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 14. To ask the Minister for Health the details of workforce preparedness for opening the new children's hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34745/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 15. To ask the Minister for Health the resourcing requirements and timeframe for 24/7 urgent and emergency cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34746/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 41. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to expedite regulation of psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the steps concluded thus far; the steps remaining; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35073/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to increase investment in public nursing homes and improve regulation of the nursing home sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34747/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: 335. To ask the Minister for Health further to the report of the expert taskforce to support the expansion of the role of pharmacy, the cost of a common conditions scheme; if her policy on this scheme has changed from her predecessor; if her Department has completed the work referred to in response to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 10 July 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister, the Ministers of State and all of the officials. The Minister mentioned inefficiency, high costs and the money that we spend in the healthcare system. Obviously, we want to get maximum efficiency. What was the figure that was approved in budget 2025?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: What is the difference between the two?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: It does not say that. It refers to including revised savings targets. That suggests that the figure had changed. We will come back to that and perhaps the Minister can give us unredacted versions of the previous plans. We are being told here that no change was made. I want to know if that was the case. I want to see the original documents, if that is possible, so we can see the targets...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: That figure is a very small amount of the overall budget. We are talking about efficiency and savings. When I look at the figure of €633 million, it is significant in its own right but less so in the context of the overall budget, and it is over two years rather than one year. Is it the Minister's view that those targets are sufficient or would she be looking to increase those targets?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: It is small and it is important. I am not saying it is not important-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

David Cullinane: -----but we had to provide an additional €1.5 billion last year to essentially plug a hole in what were cumulative deficits that had built up over a number of years. We were not allocating sufficient funding to deal with even existing levels of service. We had many discussions in this committee with the previous Minister for Health, the head of the HSE and the Secretary General of...