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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: There is still a need for 70 positions from the perspective of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: From the perspective of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, how realistic would it be to deliver those 70 specialist nurses and over what timeframe? I would imagine it is unrealistic to do it in one year because of those workforce planning issues so, realistically, what is the best estimation as to how long it would take to put those other 70 positions in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I want to move on to the community neurorehabilitation teams. I have engaged with Mr. Bernard Gloster directly on this and he has signalled to the health committee that he personally wants to deal with this matters next week. Hopefully, if he is listening, he will be coming with good news in regard to the outstanding ones. He did get the national director to send me the most up-to-date...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: There is currently no funding for community neuro-rehab teams in CHOs 5, 8 and 9, and in the others that are left, there is funding but they are not up and running. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I will read the response I got and I want to pick the brains of the witnesses in terms of whether they believe this is satisfactory and if we are on the right course. The response states that there is currently no funding for community neurorehabilitation teams within CHOs 5, 8 and 9, but moving forward with the strategy and subject to the success of the MCRN, which is the managed clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Let me take this down to a local level because there happens to be one in the CHO area that Waterford is in. I know we have two consultants who specialise in neurology in Waterford but we do not have a clinical nursing specialist, or that is my understanding. If we do not have that multidisciplinary service, I imagine that the earlier point arises in terms of the revolving door and patients...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Would that wreak havoc on primary and community waiting times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: On that issue, is access to physiotherapy generally a problem across the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I might ask one more question and finish. Mr. Bernard Gloster has indicated to this committee that he specifically wants to deal with this issue when he comes in to discuss the HSE's corporate plan. We hope that he will be coming with better news than what we have been given so far. Is there any good reason why these teams are not in place in some of the CHO areas? It strikes me that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: I am finished anyway, so if Dr. Pender wants to take this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

David Cullinane: Starting with me.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to deliver a living wage for home support workers and healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22647/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted any analysis of the cost of ensuring a living wage for health care assistants who are providing services in nursing homes to people whose care is funded under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring a living wage for healthcare assistants and home support workers who are providing publicly contracted home support hours, whether they work for the HSE or another provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the hourly cost of the HSE directly providing home care services; the cost per hour; the equivalent cost for a whole-time equivalent worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 706. To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue cost of staffing and servicing the additional acute inpatient beds added to the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2022. [23012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 13 January 2021, the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza, used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis, on the drug payment scheme. [23105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an application for incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to promote the single rural dwellings scheme in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

David Cullinane: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been made aware of local authorities that have completely ceased to fund and promote single rural dwelling as a form of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/23]