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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time. I thank the Minister of State for her opening statement. This is an annual Bill to review the risk equalisation mechanism which supports the community-based health insurance market. It revises the stamp duty levy on policies and the risk equalisation credits payable to insurers for 2024. As a principle, risk equalisation ensures that costs are constant across the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each care group, further broken down by service location; the number of headcount posts; the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts and the number which were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each model 2, model 3 and model 4 acute hospital; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each CHO; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each care group, further broken down by service location; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each model 2, model 3 and model 4 acute hospital; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for each CHO; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for University Hospital Waterford; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence-leave...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the South/Southwest Hospital Group by service location; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts and the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence-leave cover, in tabular form...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for University Hospital Waterford; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref. 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for the South/Southwest Hospital Group by service location; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50771/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers which have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023, by grade for CHO5; the number of headcount ; and the WTE to which these relate, in tabular form (details supplied). [50772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the make-up of the deficit for 2023, and his commentary in Dáil Éireann that two-thirds of it was made up of high health inflation and increased demand; to outline the nature of that communication; if this was done by way...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department had communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the element of the deficit for 2023 which is recurring and could not be saved by cost controls; the extent of that element of the deficit; to outline the nature of that communication; if this was done by way of email, letter, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses and I wish to begin by thanking the organisations for the work they do. To those who provide palliative care, I wish to say a sincere thanks on my own behalf. My mam died in a palliative care centre in Harold’s Cross a number of years ago. She was in St. James’s Hospital and she had a cancer diagnosis. She spent a year in care, starting around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: No. I know that the association chose the terms that are used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Does Dr. Linane appreciate that other people would use a different term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the clarification that Dr. Linane would not describe palliative care as assisted dying, but why the hesitancy in using the term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: We do repeat ourselves on this committee. The topic comes back to whether we legislate. There are rare cases but there have been examples of citizens going to court to vindicate what they see as their rights, their autonomy and so on. I am sure the witnesses will appreciate they are very difficult cases, some of which were in the public domain. The people who took those cases - having met...