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Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: You do indeed. I welcome the fact that we have statements on trends in mortality and estimates of excess mortality. It is important that we have clear, factual and evidence-based data put on the public record. Some of the information given by the Minister of State is very helpful. I have seen some misinformation and mischaracterisation in respect of this topic, especially online, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the revised capital ceilings under the National Development Plan for his Department given the transfer of specialist disability services to the Department of Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth, in tabular form. [45651/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome back Ms O'Shea and thank her for taking the time to be here. We had some lengthy discussions the last time she was here and it was very helpful to unpack some of the recommendations. I will make just one broad point about the current legal architecture which underpins abortion services. Ms O'Shea will be aware that many people have a concern about the criminal underpinning of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: That is helpful. The three-day wait period is one of the areas of Ms O'Shea's report and one of the recommendations that got the most coverage. It seems to be more black-and-white for people. There are some who just oppose removing it. I support removing it and never saw a rationale for it in the first place. Notwithstanding my opinion on it, however, Ms O'Shea's clear recommendation is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: From all of the research and all of the very extensive work done by Ms O'Shea and the people who have worked with her, she is very clear that there would be very positive impacts-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: -----and necessary impacts from the removal of the three-day wait period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: It is very clear and emphatic in the report that this needs to be removed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: The last time we were here I asked about the sequential implementation of the recommendations and what was felt was possible here because there are some recommendations that I would argue need to be teased out. I ask the witnesses to echo that again in terms of their recommendations to legislators, where would they start, what could be done immediately and how legislation could be changed. ...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: The one-off funding.

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the representatives of the various groups that provide essential services to people with disabilities who are in the Public Gallery. This is the first motion we have tabled since the budget. We picked the area of disabilities because it is so important. It has moved from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (17 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of new developments funding announced in budget 2024, in tabular form. [44884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (17 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the non-core current allocation announced in budget 2024, in tabular form. [44885/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: Budget 2024 demonstrates, from my perspective, how the Government has thrown in the towel on health. This budget lacks ambition and vision. More than that, it lacks the funding that is necessary to properly fund our health services. The Minister may be aware that over the past 24 hours there has been a perception that he has been thrown under the bus by the Government because of the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Revenue Commissioners are changing their approach to reckoning general medical services income being attributed to partnerships or employers, meaning that any such GMS income will need to be declared as income by the individual GMS list holder in their tax return from January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44077/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (10 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: 528. To ask the Minister for Health his views on legislating for folic acid fortification of certain staple food products to aid the prevention of certain brain and spinal conditions and neural tube defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: 574. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any engagement with the Minister for Finance or the Revenue Commissioners regarding plans to prohibit GMS income being mandated to partnerships or employers, meaning that any GMS income will need to be declared as income by the individual GMS list holder in their tax return from January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome Ms Fitzgerald and her team. I thank HIQA first for the work it does and I thank all of its team. It is very important that we have strong regulation because that ensures we have quality and safe care. I hold HIQA in high regard in the context of the work it does, which often receives criticism, but I recognise the value of that regulatory work. My first question is on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

David Cullinane: Is HIQA on or represented on the emergency department task force?