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Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with my colleagues. I welcome the two Ministers. In the past two weeks, we learned that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers knew that tens of thousands of families with medical cards had been wrongfully charged for nursing home care to which they were entitled. That includes up to 9,000 people in long-term residential disability services who were charged so-called...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal, in relation to DPMA or disability allowance litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal and relate to long-stay charges litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6290/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding cases, both active and dormant, which were not otherwise resolved by settlement or withdrawal, in relation to DPMA litigation; the date of the earliest outstanding case; and the date of the latest outstanding case. [6291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in Britain and Northern Ireland from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount that has been spent on this care for each facility. [6295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults who have been transferred to inpatient mental health facilities in other countries due to a lack of capacity in the State from 2014 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number and location of such facilities; and the amount which has been spent on this care for each facility. [6296/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. First, I want to say to Ms Chambers how sorry I am that she has experienced abuse and aggression. To hear of anybody who works in any profession being spat on or threatened verbally is unacceptable, and I know many of her colleagues have been assaulted as well. The figures for 2022 are going to be similar to 2021. By the end of October, we were getting close to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I wish to ensure I get to the other witnesses but one of the common themes that came through all of the correspondence I received, and this was also true of the correspondence received by Newstalk and other outlets that reported the story, was that many of the workers said that the system failed them. All the processes and the dignity at work policies that are in place simply did not work....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I have limited time remaining. Perhaps the representatives of the IMO could respond to the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: The HSA is key to all of these issues. It has a role to play in respect of how bullying and harassment is monitored and those issues are dealt with. It also has a role in respect of assaults and the general health and occupational well-being of front-line healthcare workers. That point has been well made. We need to hear directly from the HSA because it is a key player. We also need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: It is clear the grievance processes are not working. This is a really important issue to take up with the Department and the HSE.

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: The legal advice is the Government has not a leg to stand on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: How about not acting illegally in the first place?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: How about not acting illegally?

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT for January 2022, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for specialist disability services, by CHO and CDNT for December 2021, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/23]