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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: That is how we get to that figure of 1,228. How many were additional beds were funded last year? How many will be funded this year? I am asking about beds that are not included in that total of 1,228. Those figures go back to October 2020 for budget 2021.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I am asking how many beds have been funded beyond that total.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: That is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: Mr. Mulvany has answered the question for me. The announcement in October 2020 of the budget for 2021 included 1,146 beds. An additional ten, to which he referred, were repurposed from somewhere else. Another 71 beds were included in the service plan for 2021. No additional beds have been funded since then. He is talking about beds that must be delivered and that were not delivered at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: There were no new beds. Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I know what I am talking about because I have tabled questions on many different occasions and received various responses. Having pencilled then all together, I know what the number means. A substantial number of beds were funded in budget 2021. Some of them have not been delivered, some will be delivered this year and some were delivered last year. That makes up the figure of 1,228....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: To be clear, I want to know how many beds were funded and how many were available for the months of November, December and every day up to January. Can that information be provided to the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: Is that information published every day or do we have to go looking for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I ask that the committee be provided with this information on a daily basis for those days. That would be helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder; the way families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62385/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: Dr. Farrell's opening statement sets out the challenges we have in this area, which are quite sobering. We all know people are waiting longer. As he said, the anecdotal evidence from people we deal with is that people are waiting longer to see a GP. A wait time of a day or three days for an appointment has become weeks in some areas, though not in all areas. It is becoming more common....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: Is the 700 over a five-year period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: Okay, 500 is still significant. How will we get to 6,000 by 2028? We need 4,000 additional GPs. In reality - we need to be straight - do we have any chance of reaching or getting anywhere near the target of 6,000 on current training models and funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: Yet we need 6,000. How did we end up in a situation where we need 6,000 GPs and yet we have no plan of substance to get anywhere near 6,000? What is the witnesses' best estimate for what we could achieve by 2028?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: Does that include retirements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: Mr. Foy thinks we could reach 4,500 by 2028.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: My problem is that a health service cannot be built on hope. It does not work. There must be real targets with funding behind them and certainty we can do it. Many of these targets are unachievable, there is no plan on how to get there and the numbers are being put out that we hope to get to. No one can give me a guarantee that the ICGP will reach 4,500 by 2028.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: We also need to double the number of general practice nurses-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: -----over the same period, by 2028. Is that correct?