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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: Have we underfunded ELS for the last number of years? Is that part of the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: That answers my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: I will come back on a second round. To say I am not happy with the Secretary General's response is an understatement. It is also quite mind-blowing that it is a figure of €1.1 billion. That is a huge amount of money for an overspend that will now have to be found. I assume it will have to go into the base now in health and that will cause problems for everybody. I will come back...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: In the Minister's opening statement he said that in November 2022, his Department was notified that two serious patient safety incidents had occurred in Temple Street hospital and that he was informed around that time, some time in November. In the CHI report, which was prepared for 8 August this year and which is a composite of a number of reports, it states that in July and September two...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: I accept that but the point is that if it was the case that in July, CHI first became aware but it was not until November that the Minister and the Department became aware, that is serious. When the Minister became aware in November of these two incidents and other related issues, did he inform the Taoiseach at that point?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: When did the Minister inform the Taoiseach?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: Addressing this question to the Minister, this is a very serious issue. He has accepted in his opening statement that there is much trauma in respect of the families involved and I do not dispute the Minister's sincerity in this. Given the seriousness of these issues, people will want to know whether the Minister did his job right and whether he informed the Taoiseach and others in...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: These are questions we will put to the Taoiseach to discover what exactly his recollection is of when he was informed. In relation to the non-CE spring implants, the Minister stated in his opening statement that this first came to light in August. Is that when the Minister was informed?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: Did the Minister inform the Taoiseach or anyone in government of that issue?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: Given the short time and the fact we have Children's Health Ireland appearing before the Oireachtas Committee on Health on Thursday, I believe there are also serious questions for Children's Health Ireland on that particular issue which has been referred to by many colleagues in their statements. The big issue for the Minister at the moment is to ensure that the external investigation has...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: It is important that the Minister acknowledges that because many people looking at this issue, myself included, will be wondering how is it that a Minister for Health, when a scandal like this happens with all of the trauma that it involves for families, crafts the terms of reference which the HSE had input into and which we understand Children's Health Ireland had input into, but that the...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: The reason I say that is that I spoke earlier about all of the reports that have been published. I am asking the Minister now whether he can give a commitment to publish the report into Crumlin. That should be published in the interests of transparency. On the Boston report, the advocacy groups are angry about the fact they had input into that report but there is not a mention of that...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: This is an extremely difficult scandal to come to terms with. My thoughts are with the children affected by this tragedy and their families. I hope the Minister will ensure those children and their families will get every support they need, including health supports, emotional supports and other supports as well. This is one of the most tragic scandals I have come across in my time as...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: The Boston review as well?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: The report into Crumlin, in my view, has still not been published. There are other reports which have not been published which need to be published. For us to have confidence in understanding all of the problems, we need to see all the reports and the information behind it, as do the advocate groups. We cannot have anything other than full transparency. We cannot have anything other than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (21 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the second cath lab. It is a fantastic development and real progress for cardiac services in Waterford and the south east. It was one of those issues on which all Oireachtas Members in Waterford campaigned very hard over a long number of years, and indeed colleagues who are no longer in the House. I commend everyone involved in that. It is also real progress that we will get to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (21 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: 8. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual investment plan to address the capacity deficit in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40790/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (21 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: We need a multi-annual plan for the health services. We know there is a crisis in emergency departments, with people waiting too long. There are almost 900,000 people or more on waiting lists when one includes diagnostic waiting times, acute hospitals and community waiting lists. There are problems in children's healthcare. A multi-annual plan is needed. I have been calling for one for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (21 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: I have met with dozens of hospital managers, front-line healthcare staff and advocate groups in recent months. They all talk about plans they have submitted for new beds in hospitals, surgical theatre capacity and diagnostic capacity, all of which are necessary to reduce wait times in hospitals. The same can be said in mental health, where there are many buildings that are simply not fit...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (21 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: While I respect the Ministers of State who are present and we all understand why the Minister for Health travelled, I again make the point to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle that a real crisis has unfolded at Temple Street hospital but there have been no statements on the matter this week in the Dáil. I asked questions on one of the most important issues facing the Department, that is, to get...