Results 2,541-2,560 of 26,350 for speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 1157. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not published a Performance Profile or Management Data Report since its September 2022 publications; if he can provide both the Performance Profile and Management Data Report for the most recently available quarterly and monthly periods respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 1158. To ask the Minister for Health the number and details of all approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site grouped and totalled by Hospital Group/CHO respectively providing the numbers filled listed on each of the following basis as permanent, temporary, locum or agency basis; the total number of vacant consultant posts (including those vacant and newly created...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Living Wage (13 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 1179. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering a living wage for home care workers; and the estimated cost of providing for mileage expenses. [27690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 1181. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has submitted a claim for its employees providing cleaning and support services at University Hospital Waterford, as the employees are unable to get a definitive reply from the employer. [27717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 1234. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to establish if a vaccine compensation scheme will be established in view of the urgent recommendations made in the Expert Group Report to Review the Law of Torts and the Current Systems for the Management of Clinical Negligence Claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28089/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: They have gone up.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: The patterns in the rest of Europe do not match with what is happening here in all areas. There is no good reason so many people are on trolleys if one hospital can arrive at a position where people are not on trolleys. Waterford is a very busy hospital serving a population of nearly 500,000. It has additional pressures now because of what happened in Wexford. If it can be done in one...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 3. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish a multi-annual plan to resolve the crisis in emergency departments; when he will publish full details of all elective centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: In the first quarter of this year, people waited on average 11.7 hours in emergency departments for access to a bed. Unfortunately, people over the age of 75 waited on average 13.8 hours. For children, the average waiting time was 13.3 hours. We are hearing horror stories, to be frank, every day of every week about older people and children being left to wait even longer than those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Like the housing crisis, we debate the trolley crisis time and again in this Chamber. We want to get to a point where we deal with it comprehensively but it seems to be getting worse. As the Minister said, it is now a year-round problem. The figures for the waiting times for those on hospital trolleys, which are presented to us every day of every week by the INMO, are exceptionally high....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 1. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable seven-day rostering across the health service; his plans to address the workforce requirements to enable this while achieving safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: There has been much discussion on the air waves over the last number of weeks about a seven-day rostering service across our health services and, obviously, that is ideally something we would all want to get to. I tabled this question to give the Minister an opportunity to set out his perspective on this. What plans are in place? What talks and negotiations with representative bodies have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: As I said, it is a laudable objective and one I support. Obviously, there must be dialogue and buy-in from healthcare staff. We need to recruit as many healthcare professionals as we possibly can. Even though additional numbers have come into the health service, the State has not achieved the recruitment targets we set ourselves with regard to the big numbers we need. Obviously,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: There are a number of options to get where we want to get to. I know that a call has been put out for people voluntarily to take up rosters at weekends. Obviously, that is something people may or may not do. The Minister pointed to Waterford and other hospitals that have done this. The former manager of the hospital in Waterford is now head of community services and is trying to bring the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: Is that Mr. Gerry O'Dwyer?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 54. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national hearing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26720/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 63. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of services at the new National Children's Hospital; the estimated costs and target completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 64. To ask the Minister for Health when CORU will complete the regulation of allied health and social care professions, such as, but not limited to, psychologists, in line with its statutory obligations. [26722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Jun 2023)

David Cullinane: 68. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new professional regulations for the dental profession in line with the requests of their representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/23]