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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for the full year of 2022 by month, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for the full year of 2019 by month, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for January 2023 to date, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities by each month in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities by each month in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2691/23]

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: The speeches this evening from both the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, were breathtaking. In response to an emergency in our hospitals, the Minister's biggest complaint was that Sinn Féin did not give him a pat on the back for the good work he believes he has done. That was his chief complaint, repeated time and again in his script. The Minister...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: Vótáil.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that a succession of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments made decisions which caused and exacerbated the crisis in our emergency departments (EDs) today, including Fianna Fáil's decision to close thousands of beds in their last term in Government and Fine Gael's refusal to invest in an adequate number of beds over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. O'Connor and his team and thank them for their work on the Bill. It seems, on the face of it, to amount to a very simple proposition but it is more complex, as we have seen through our hearings with representatives of An Garda Síochána and others. I do not envy the Department in trying to craft a Bill that will both meet constitutional and legal requirements and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: Practically, this will come down to an understanding on the ground of a member of An Garda Síochána whereby it will be clear to him or her where the zone is. That is the important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I will move on to the issue of warnings because I raised it in previous hearings with the Department, the HSE and An Garda Síochána. One problem we have is that somebody at healthcare facility A is given a warning but a few hours later, he or she is at healthcare facility B and a fresh warning must be given. Mr. O'Connor has expressed an opinion and it is the Department's legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: Enforcement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: That is the meat of it. That is the important part of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: I understand the issues relating to global warnings and the difficulty that may arise and people using some of the reasons given by Ms Mason in court. I accept that fully. As it stands, it is the case that you can move from one facility to the next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: -----there has to be a separate warning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: That is the hope when this proposed legislation is eventually passed. The expectation is that is where we will be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

David Cullinane: That is positive.