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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.

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

David Cullinane: I am not sure if she is a member of the IPU -----

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

David Cullinane: ----- but she has done a lot of work and I want to commend her. Has the IPU engaged with her on the proposals?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the backlog in urgent and routine cancer test processing at University Hospital Waterford; the number of tests outstanding; the average length of time it is taking the laboratory to process such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a request for additional resources to tackle a backlog of cancer screening tests at University Hospital Waterford; the number of additional staff required, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11259/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: The Taoiseach should speak for himself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: There are plenty of people behind the Taoiseach who would take the job.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: This morning, the Irish Examiner reported that up to 6,000 patients in County Waterford and the south east are in a living nightmare due to an extraordinarily long wait for their cancer test results. At the end of last year, there was a backlog of more than 6,000 potentially cancerous tissue samples waiting to be processed in the histology department of University Hospital Waterford. This...