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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: Helvick is a working sea fisheries harbour in the west Waterford Gaeltacht. It also hosts an RNLI lifeboat station that serves the bay of Dungarvan and the surrounding coastal zone. A build-up of sand and silt in the harbour has resulted in it becoming inaccessible and unnavigable at low tide. Fishing boats can neither enter nor leave the harbour, except at high tide, and the lifeboat is...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with some of my colleagues. Grace was failed by the State and by individuals in charge of her care. Some 46 others went through this home and it is welcome that all of their cases will be fully investigated. Grace was failed by the South Eastern Health Board and by a system that did not have adequate safeguarding laws and processes in place. Red flags were raised but...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of daycare services in north County Sligo; the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver daycare services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a nursing post in hospitals in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a consultant post in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time it took to recruit and fill a new or vacant post in the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [55361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals by type of referral and service for each month of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55362/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome both witnesses. I thank them for their work in this area as well and for advocating for children and their patients. In his opening statement, Mr. Green says the current service for scoliosis is inadequate. I am very taken by what he says which is that, while scoliosis is very important and is the subject matter of today's hearing, there are also concerns about children with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to get to the consequences of that. As politicians, we have been dealing with this issue for many years. Children and their parents have received a lot of promises. There have been a lot of glossy brochures, plans, presentations, and strategies yet the two specialists are sitting here today telling us that even still the service is inadequate. The witnesses are the specialists and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: -----that they miss school-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: -----that they are left in pain because they are waiting far too long for treatment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: -----and that cancelled procedures have a real impact on the children? We are talking here about children who are getting ready, getting prepped and psychologically preparing for surgery with their parents and then getting a late call to say that their surgery is cancelled.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: Those are the consequences. I suppose what people want to hear and what families want to hear are the solutions. These guys have advocated, and made submissions as well, and they are fighting for resources. From speaking to all of the consultants, nurses and doctors that I meet in healthcare, and I meet many in my role as health spokesperson, I know they want the tools to do the job. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: Could I make one final comment because our time is tight and my time is up? Nobody would disagree with anything Mr. Green has said there. Here we are all of these years later and we do not have properly resourced paediatric ICU beds. We do not have the appropriately skilled staff to be able to operate those beds. We do not have enough surgical theatre capacity. Mr. Green is saying we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: We hope he does. There is one final point I want to make. Mr. Green stated that Covid and the cyberattack cannot be used as an excuse for the unacceptably high wait times. I wrote down what Mr. Green said. I think he stated that we would be dishonest to blame Covid and the cyberattack. Children's Health Ireland and the HSE state that the problem is the cyberattack and Covid, that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: In Mr. Green's expert opinion, how long would it take? If it is not a year, what would be a reasonable time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: This morning, we heard honest, sobering and heartbreaking contributions from two colleagues of Ms Hardiman who are consultant surgeons in this area. Was she present to hear the presentations or has she listened to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: I will start by referring to a number of comments made by Mr. Green. He said that the care of children with scoliosis in this country is absolutely inadequate. Does Mr Hardiman agree with him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: Ms Hardiman accepts that the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: Ms Hardiman accepts that the service is inadequate. He also said that it would be "dishonest", to use his word, to claim that the cyberattack and the impact of Covid-19 are the main drivers of a worsening situation. While he accepted that those events would have had an impact on longer waiting times, he said that the problems predate the onset of Covid-19 and the cyberattack. Yet Ms...