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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. Gunning telling me today that the contractor is still telling him and the Government that it will have the hospital completed in June of next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: It is telling him this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: It has also given the board 14 other completion dates, which have come and gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: We say this all of the time because we can only speculate but I would say it is a racing certainty it will not be June next year. We are going into a further delay. I want to make this point because it is important for us as committee members to do so. I call on BAM and the contractor to do everything possible to resource this project, step up to the plate and do what they need to do....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: Prior to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I ask Mr. Gunning to supply us with the dates. My point is that every day becomes a month and becomes a year. We have been here last year and the year before. We are being asked reasonable questions by the public and the media on what more can be done. Of course the contractor has to do more. I am not convinced this strategy of having endless rows with the contractor is working. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gunning does not recall what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gunning has hit the nail on the head. The problem is we are asking what the levers are. Mr. Gunning is telling us he has all of these levers but clearly they are not sufficient. Clearly there were flaws in the contract whereby sufficient levers were not in it to allow the board, the Government and us to hold the contractor to account. What I am hearing is that we are powerless. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: No, I am not speaking about Mr. Gunning. I am speaking about the board and those responsible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need applications in each of the years since 2007; the number completed and not completed; the number outsourced privately; and the total cost of these, in tabular form. [37981/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need which have been outsourced, by provider, in each of the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of outsourcing of assessments of need for the period 2019-2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount of funding allocated for CDNTs and the number of WTE-approved posts for the period 2019-2024; the amount which went unspent or otherwise not spent on its originally intended purpose, in tabular form. [37984/24]

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: The Government is not opposing the motion, is that correct?

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State. First, I welcome the fact that since the three emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's were closed, this is the first time the Dáil has passed a motion saying that a second emergency department and a second model 3 hospital are needed for the mid-west. I think that is significant. There is a HIQA review that will look at this. That...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: condemns the abandonment of patients in Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary following the wholesale cancellation of scheduled and planned care for several weeks at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) in August 2024; notes the forthcoming publication of the report of the independent investigation by retired Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the inclusion of ozempic in the drug payment scheme for purposes other than management of type 2 diabetes; if he has considered this in the context of its application in managing patients with insulin resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37877/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if semaglutide is licensed and approved for use for insulin resistance, weight management or any other purpose in the State; if it is approved or under consideration for reimbursement in any context other than type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37878/24]