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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with cervical cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12829/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with head and neck cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1297. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to the private healthcare sector to provide radiation therapy to cancer patients from the public health system via the National Treatment Purchase Fund or other payment mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1337. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which Resource Allocation Group applications in CHO5 are received, assessed and decided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1338. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which applications for funding for assistive technology for people with disabilities are assessed; which State body is responsible for assessing applications; the makeup of persons within the appointed body that make decisions; the current waiting times for decisions on assessments to be reached; what appeal options may be available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1399. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an appropriate place for their care in the State; if not, if their care will be outsourced; if they will be transferred out of the State; and the estimated cost of outsourcing or transferring their care abroad. [13267/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1 o’clock Last night, RTÉ broadcast an edition of "Prime Time" that dealt with the issue of older people who lost their lives in nursing homes. We heard harrowing accounts from relatives of the residents of a home in Cork who lost their loved ones without seeing them. Mams, dads, husbands and wives died, many of them on their own with nobody to hold their hands, while...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: We are proud of them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: The Taoiseach is losing the argument.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be extended to a property (details supplied). [11753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time for driving tests for County Waterford; the number waiting; the reason for the delay; the steps he is taking to address the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure a school (details supplied) has sufficient classroom space to accommodate existing and future demand; if she is aware that a new teacher is due to start at the school in September this year and that there is currently no additional classroom available to accommodate this teacher and their class; if she will do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses. I thank them for the detailed briefing note that they supplied to the committee. I also commend them on the recommendations they have made. I know many of us have engaged with them on an ongoing basis. The asks are very credible and they would add significant value to the health service. I commend the witnesses on that work. They have brought an excellent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I refer to the issue of the chief pharmaceutical officer. Many of us on the committee championed the need for a health and social care professional, who would advocate for that sector, and we saw some movement on that issue. I am not against a chief pharmaceutical officer position being put in place. Is there any resistance to that in the HSE or the Department? We did meet with resistance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Would those protocols have, for example, guidelines that would have a second and a third line of a drug? The process would be highly regulated. Step-by-step guidelines would be available. Lots of protections would be in place as part of the process. That is the whole logic of having a protocol.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Would the IPU see a value in having that officer position in place in advance of a national strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: If that officer position was in place, would that officer have a role in the State's policy on drug reimbursement or drug supply? That is a very cumbersome process, which this committee wants to look at as well. Would Ms Foley envisage the officer having a role in that space?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: Okay. I want to move to the minor ailment scheme and to give the IPU most of the remaining time to outline how that would work. I see this as a no-brainer. It is something that I think could happen at pace and speed if the political will was there to make it happen. It should not have to be something that we have to wait for a national strategy to be in place. Obviously a national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: I should have mentioned Ms Sheena Mitchell who has done a lot of work in this area as well. I know that the IPU has engaged with her.