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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1733. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to pay a pandemic bonus to healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1734. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness and comparative benefit of changeover and rotation; if so, the result of the analysis; if he has engaged with trainees or their union representatives to obtain their views; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1735. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness and comparative benefit of changeover and rotation; if so, the result of that analysis; if the CEO of the HSE has engaged with trainees or their union representatives to get their views; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1767. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours to reverse Haddington Road additional hours while maintaining current whole-time equivalent staffing levels in the HSE by staff grade in the wider public health service, his Department and in aegis bodies for each in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1768. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate whole-time equivalent reductions across the HSE by staff grade from the full implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours before hiring of replacement staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Undefined (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1833. To ask the Minister for Health if and the way in which a section 39 organisation can become a section 38 organisation; the steps and changes required to accomplish this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1976/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff working 39 hours and part-time staff working 37 hours or less staff employed in the HSE by staff grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts for and quantity of antigen tests procured to date or available to be further drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing contracts for procurement of medical and respirator N95, FFP2 and similar grade facemasks; the number of facemasks drawn down in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number for future drawdown which has been agreed; the forecast of future supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (19 Jan 2022)

David Cullinane: 1944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62945/21]

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: This is the last opportunity we have to be reassured that the Government has a handle on Covid before the Dáil recess. There is a lot of talk from the Government about personal responsibility. That is part of it, but I believe that the vast majority of people are already doing their best to keep themselves and their families safe. We must act with our healthcare workers and the burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 606. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 3 December 2021, if he is considering or will expand financial supports for persons and couples requiring IVF treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62867/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a policy of requiring patients presenting at some hospitals or HSE Covid-19 testing facilities to wear a surgical mask rather than higher grade masks such as FFP2 and N95, which they arrived with and the requirement to replace the latter with a surgical mask should a patient present with one; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate ventilation systems or air sanitisers for care home settings; his plans to provide funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62686/21]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. I thank the proposers of the Bill for bringing it forward in the first instance and giving us an opportunity to have this debate on this issue. The language we use and the tone we strike as legislators is important. It matters to women going through a crisis pregnancy, it matters to those families who have received a diagnosis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the appointment of locum consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62099/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a medical exemption for those who have been advised against getting a Covid-19 vaccine for medical reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines that have had to be disposed of due to the fact they were unused and went out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the planned relocations and co-locations of hospitals; the timelines and prioritisation for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62270/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Kenny and everybody else on the call. I want to start with the issue of staff burn-out as highlighted in Mr. Kenny's opening statement. It is an issue Mr. Kenny and I have discussed several times. What is the current level of staff burn-out? How bad is it and how difficult or challenging is it for paramedics across the board? I ask Mr. Kenny for a brief overview in that regard.