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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: We had some lengthy discussion with officials on this issue of HSE centres versus regional health areas, and that it is overly complicated to some degree. Would it not be better to work on the basis that everything is in the regional health areas until the HSE decides what to take out and what stays at the centre? Would that not be an easier way to do it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: That is my point as well. I accept it is complex because we are setting up new structures and aligning primary, acute, community and new management layers and so on. I accept it is not easy and I am trying to work out what the HSE centre does. Are we in danger of overcomplicating it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: I would support moving to appoint those six CEOs as quickly as possible. . Deputy Gino Kenny:I thank the witnesses for their statements. To use the medical term, all vital signs are progressing in the right direction regarding Sláintecare and its concept. The vast majority of people in the country want to see the concept being implemented as soon as possible. There are historical...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: Does Mr. Gloster think it is fatalistic?
- Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: He did, actually.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered, by CHO, by month, in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form. [14811/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours provided directly by the HSE in 2019-2022, by CHO by year; the number provided by voluntary providers on behalf of the HSE; and the number provided by private providers on behalf of the HSE. [14812/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical hubs which will be established; the number of surgical hubs already established; the cost, staffing requirements and capacity of surgical hubs already established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14813/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [14814/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by specialty and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [14815/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by specialty and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and the mean, median, and maximum wait time. [14816/23]
- Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to have a discussion on safe staffing in our hospitals. Last summer was the first time we had a serious problem in our hospitals, namely a summer trolley crisis. Before that summer trolley crisis arrived, people working in our healthcare systems throughout primary, acute and community care were flat out during Covid. There was a cyberattack and long before Covid...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit the opening of a third ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11732/23]
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: Good Deputies.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: The Deputy jumped the gun.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: The Deputy should be careful in future not to jump the gun.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Mar 2023)
David Cullinane: I welcome the Bill. Sinn Féin will support the abolition of any charges. We have long argued for the abolition of such charges we believe fundamentally in a public health service and that public health services should be free at the point of delivery and delivered on the basis of need. We are travelling in the right direction and the new public-only contract for consultants in...