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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 550. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what clinical pathways are available for those transitioning from children spinal service to adult spinal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (4 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 602. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the current organisational structure of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the number and grade of staff in each directorate, including permanent, contract, agency or other staff, in tabular form; the number of external staff supports contracted to provide services to each Directorate, for example, project management staff,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (4 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the implementation status of each of the recommendations of the Short-Term Review of Clinical Placement Allowances for Student Nurses and Midwives and the Longer-Term Review: Matters relating to Student Nurses and Midwives, in tabular form. [32321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (4 Jul 2023)

David Cullinane: 608. To ask the Minister for Health when the €500 subsistence grant for supernumerary student nurses and midwives in years 1 to 3, backdated to the start of the 2022-2023 academic year, will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32326/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: When it comes to children with scoliosis and spina bifida, we have seen broken promise after broken promise. In 2017 the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, gave a clear commitment to children with spina bifida and scoliosis that they would not have to wait longer than four months for life-changing surgery. The report published today by the Ombudsman for Children is scathing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome all our witnesses. I commend them for their advocacy and campaigning work in this area. In their opening statement, they mentioned some progress that has been made over the last number of years. Of course, we all welcome that. The Minister launched an endometriosis framework in March. Obviously, we want to see that be fit for purpose. Deputy Durkan asked about the gold...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I thank Ms Darcy. In her opening statement, she talked about the inappropriate setting of endometriosis treatment being primarily conducted in maternity hospitals. From her perspective, what is the best framework and clinical setting in which to provide treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: A national centre of excellence, essentially.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: That makes sense. In their opening statement, on solutions, the witnesses spoke about more endometriosis specialists. How many do we have in the State at the moment? When we are talking about more, what would that look like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: We have none.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: If we had a centre of excellence, if we want to call it that, would that also be a centre that could look at issues like improving training for GPs, for example? One of the issues that the witnesses raise in their opening statement, which is a very strong statement but is obviously happening, is that sufferers are frequently dismissed by doctors and sent home with pain medication or oral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Our role today is to listen to our guests and their direct experience. If we can help to move some of the issues on, that is what we want to do. I imagine we could write to the ICGP as a committee, Chair, to ask what the organisation is doing in respect of awareness training and the role of GPs in this area. Equally, research was mentioned a number of times and there is a dearth of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and for answering our questions. I wish them the best in their campaigning and advocacy work.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The people listening to this know that the Minister has absolutely failed this sector, not just last year but over successive Governments which created the crisis that we are in today. He needs to take his head out of the sand, deal with it today, deal with it quickly and deal with urgently. If he does not, more will close and he and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, will have to deal...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister's contribution was disingenuous in the first instance. It was disappointing to many providers who are listening, and not just those in the Public Gallery, but many who are depending on the Government to act and to deal with the very real crisis that many of them face. It was also unnecessarily hostile in places given the motion does not criticise the Government at all and was,...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Let us look at next year's budget to see what will be in it because there was absolutely nothing in the Minister's budget.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Had the Government implemented our budget across healthcare, we would be in a much better place than we are now.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister did not read the motion at all. Would a living wage cost €1 billion?

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Read it.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: No, that is not what it says. The Minister did not read it.