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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant rheumatologist attached to Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant paediatric maxillofacial surgeon at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the average waiting times to see the consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the children's disability network teams in CHO1; the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dental surgeon positions in County Cavan; the number of vacancies in County Cavan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent registrars in vascular surgery in Roscommon University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the reason fibromyalgia is not included in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55933/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances of fraud which have been reported, found or otherwise that have come to the attention of his Department relating to the dental treatment services scheme, GMS and other such contracts in tabular form; the number of investigations into such; the number of repayments made following such investigations; the value of same; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals which have yet to institute the agreed overtime rate increase for NCHDs from 1 July 2021 and the agreed salary increase from 1 October 2021; the date on which each of these hospitals will implement these new rates; if delayed payments will be back paid; the reason for continued delays on these rates; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the standard HSE protocol on advice for persons who have been provided with a second PCR test after the first is deemed inconclusive, if the second test shows not detected; if precautions such as self-isolating or an additional test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55977/21]

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

David Cullinane: I do not think the RNLI lifeboat station, the people who work in that area or the fishers really care where the money comes from. Whether it comes from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is not the issue for them. The problem relates to when Departments operate in silos and there is not a joined-up approach. On the...

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

David Cullinane: There is no better man than the Minister of State to dredge.

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...