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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 194. To ask the Minister for Health when day care services will resume in west Sligo and at the day care centre in Easkey; if there are plans to resume a five-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29964/23]

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

David Cullinane: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Galway University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29965/23]

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

David Cullinane: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists and occupational therapists working out of University Hospital Kerry in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29966/23]

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

David Cullinane: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons at Tullamore regional hospital in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29967/23]

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

David Cullinane: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars working in Roscommon University Hospital in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the possibility of recognising a product (details supplied) as medical treatment under the drugs payment scheme, instead of a food supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29969/23]

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: What is the difficulty?

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Was there any communication sent that there was a problem?

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: For how long will we suspend?

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Some of us have to speak in the Dáil on the health services motion. This impacts us.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: It is not ideal.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I understand that.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. As he knows from Second Stage, I will be supporting the Bill. I have a number of general points relevant to all of the amendments grouped here. We have to basically use this opportunity to speak about some of the issues and put it on the record on Committee Stage that we will be introducing amendments on Report Stage. If we do not do that,...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I want to make a quick point following on from that. It goes back to the point I was making earlier about having maybe an opt-in and opt-out process. It is implied we are all opting in if we have not specifically opted out. As the Minister has said, there is a hierarchy of family members who will then have to be contacted to give consent. That is the check and balance, I suppose, to avoid...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I might ask the question in a different way. Let us say there is a scenario where a person has the code for organ donation on their driving licence, they pass away and consent is required from the hierarchy of family members, whether that is the mother, father, spouse or whatever. Would that family member be made aware of the fact that person had a driving licence with a code on it...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: This is the thing. They may not be made aware of that,and that could be problematic.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I am going back to the point where there may be a discussion and different views within a family. If the family is not aware of the fact that the person had a code on their driving licence, there could be a discussion and they may weigh it up. At least if they were aware the person had, from their perspective and in their own way, opted in by going for the driving licence option and having...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Not having that information might mean they do not have the full picture.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Okay.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (21 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill. We had lots of exchanges in the Dáil over a number of years on the issue of organ retention and the need to respond to all of the scandals. It is very important that this Bill is now progressing. The offer was made, and accepted by the Minister, for a technical briefing. I thank the Minister for that. We have had very...