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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists for March 2019-2023, inclusive, and at the end of June, September, and December 2019-2022, by waiting list, including the number of suspended cases, by specialty and by location, in tabular form; the number waiting 0-6 months, 6-12 month, 12-18 months, and 18+ months; and the average waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in January, February, and March 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children removed from paediatric orthopaedic waiting lists in January, February, and March 2023, by the reason for removal; the number removed without having a procedure carried out; and the reason. [15967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 330. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 1 February 2023, the awards made following a tender process to management consultancy firms, by firm and by his Department, excluding aegis bodies and the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2018 to date in 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: It takes some brass neck for the Government to say that it has turned the corner on housing and that its policies are working. Let us examine the facts. House prices are up and have been rising all of the time. Rents are up and have been rising under the Government's watch, month on month and year on year. Homelessness is up month on month and year on year under the Government's watch....

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Some of those in government have talked about how we should not equate a notice to quit with an eviction. That fails to understand the human consequences of what happens when a family, many of whom have been in my office, gets the letter in the door, the phone call or the email to say that there is a notice to quit. The first thing they have to do is find alternative accommodation. That...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: We have called for 20,000 public, social and affordable homes to be built. That is realistic, practical and deliverable.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: We told the Government that it should be building public houses on public land. It ignored us. There is a report from the Land Development Agency which states that 60,000 homes could and should have been built. However, the Government did not do that. It did not do it because it failed. We were again proven right that public homes could and should have been built on public land. Our...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: What people really need is this Government gone, a general election and a Government led by Sinn Féin.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: In the Taoiseach's contribution, he recited a remark that was made by the leader of the Labour Party that the Irish people are good at building things. The Irish people are good at building things. The problem for this Government is that many Irish people are building not in Ireland but in America, Australia and elsewhere-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: -----because of the policies of this Government. They have been forced to emigrate because they cannot get homes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: They cannot afford homes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Far too many of them want to work and live in Ireland.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Therefore, my positive message to those people listening to this debate is that I want a Government that wants to bring those people back so they can build in this country, and build the homes that people need. I have always said, and I believe it to be true, that Fine Gael represents a cosseted, privileged class, and it proves me right every single time. It is the party, supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the level of outstanding inpatient charges owed to the health service and the number of patients this relates to; if there will be debt forgiveness for this following the abolition of inpatient charges; if he will continue to employ the use of debt collectors against these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/23]