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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I will turn to what may be a more difficult question for our witnesses, but we need to have an honest conversation about the management of the hospital. I wish to pay tribute to the staff in the hospital and the entire management team. The witnesses would be as disappointed as anyone else in the long waiting times and some of the stories coming out of UHL, particularly about older people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I must interject. The HIQA inspection happened on a particular day and Professor Cowan's response is about how challenging that particular day was for the hospital, but we know that many days are challenging for UHL. We can see that from the trolley count and the waiting figures. I will move on to a second finding. The group was non-compliant in terms of planning, organising and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I wish the management well. There is a lot of work to be done. If they get answers to their asks with regard to capacity, subsequent HIQA reports may tell a different story.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This Bill presents welcome amendments to the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020. I and my party will support the Bill. These amendments will address barriers which prevent holders of British medical degrees from taking up...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: Earlier today, the Taoiseach commended public servants on their response in handling Covid-19, and rightly so. Many of those public servants, however, have still not been paid the pandemic bonus payment. Members of the Defence Forces and the fire services have not been paid, and then there are tens of thousands of agency workers, nursing home staff and many others who have also still not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: Doing it right would have been a better option.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if epilepsy will be considered as a qualifying condition in order to qualify for the free travel scheme; the steps that have been taken to improve access to the free-travel scheme for people with epilepsy in Ireland; the timeline for when the exploratory work by her Department on proposals submitted by a group (details...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (15 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will support the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver proposal at the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference [30804/22]

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

David Cullinane: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be published regarding the announcement of 136 new therapist appointments; if those details will be communicated to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement pricing negotiations for the cystic fibrosis medication kaftrio for children aged six to 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44492/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent radiographer sonographers for Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of additional full-time consultant obstetrician gynaecologists with a special interest in urogynaecology for Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works currently ongoing at the Mater Hospital; when each of the capital works will be completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners in movement disorders for Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric nephrologists attached to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the €2.7 million allocation in 2022 to support the development of Cork University Hospital as a major trauma hospital was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on older persons services in CHO9 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 Sep 2022)

David Cullinane: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/22]

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

David Cullinane: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE employed dentists working in County Carlow as of 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44433/22]