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- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: Whether they were acting in good faith is a matter of opinion but established processes were certainly not followed. To me, that is not good faith and that must be accepted. I will move on to another important issue. In the last budget, in the Minister's opening statement and in the budget booklet, the roll-out of free GP visits to an expected further 400,000 people was rightly...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I have to stop the Minister there because, this is the problem. I said it to the Minister at the time. They raised concerns before the Government made its announcement. Their concerns were well known. There was no consultation with them. When representatives of the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, were before the committee, I asked whether there had been any consultation...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: People are still waiting. I am still waiting to hear when it will be done. When will it be delivered? The Minister might get to the point.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: Does the Minister have a timeframe? I have asked for a timeframe. The Minister set the date of 1 April.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: What about a new time?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: That does not answer my question.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I will ask a number of questions on capital funding and the delivery of capital projects at pace, which we do not seem to get right both in respect of housing and healthcare. On a more positive note, I commend Derek Tierney on his work in this area. He has brought a new sharpness to the area of capital funding and has ideas on how we can progress projects more quickly. Speeding up the...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: Do we have to wait until budget 2024 for the funding for that or is that being progressed?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: On that, we have to prepare and do our job of holding the Minister to account and also put forward our alternatives, which can be quite difficult if we do not get information. I have asked the Department to come back to me with a note on how many beds were delivered over the last five years, which I would imagine should be fairly easy to get. How many beds were delivered and what was the...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: Will all of that have to go into one budget or could it be staggered over a number of budgets?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I am not saying it should be in one budget. I am just asking if it is more likely that it will be multi-annual.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: In how many years would the Minister hope to do it?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I understand that.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I imagine the 160-bed unit would be separate from those 150 beds.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I meant to say the 1,500 beds.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I will get back to the hospital management and make sure it is alert to all of that.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: I want to ask the Minister about two separate local issues. I do not often use my opportunity to raise local issues but they are obviously important. There was a proposal to build an orthopaedic unit, a new stand-alone centre of excellence for University Hospital Waterford. This was announced a long time ago and the former CEO of the hospital group briefed Oireachtas Members in the south...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023) David Cullinane: There are at least six if not eight who have been-----