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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: That is fine. I will move on to Tom Keane. He said, "the requirements for implementing this unprecedented programme [as in Sláintecare] for change are seriously lacking". Would the Minister agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: Anthony O'Connor, in talking about the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council, SIAC, said that previously its advice, whether solicited or unsolicited, had at least always been received, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm. He continued by saying that it was clear that, "our advice is no longer required, valued or respected". He has now gone, as have several other people....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: He is also, though, expressing frustration in respect of advice being taken and implemented. Turning to Ms Roísín Molloy, one of the patient advocates, she expressed concern that the Government will implement a "diluted version" of Sláintecare. She continued by saying, "I need to know how the people that convinced me to stay, through expressing so much conviction and belief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: She expressed concern that a "diluted version" of Sláintecare would be implemented.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I come then to Liam Doran. He was one of the people on the advisory council. He is gone now, but he said that he was "not surprised but disappointed" regarding the new group now being set up. He went on to say that ultimately the council had been "set up to monitor and comment on the ongoing implementation of the totality of this Sláintecare report" and that "Members of the council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: -----"who has decided to dispense with our services and set up a group which has a one item agenda [...] which is not the totality of Sláintecare and that of itself is disappointing as well". Does the Minister agree with Mr. Doran's analysis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: It would seem then that what we have today is a situation where Laura Magahy, Tom Keane, Anthony O'Connor, Roísín Molloy and Liam Doran are all wrong. Yet what we are hearing from the Minister and from Mr. Watt, and I said this earlier, is that there is nothing to see here in respect of the fundamental concerns expressed by the people to whom I have referred. I turn to one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: We provided and legislated for access in this regard for all children aged up to 12. We are still far away from that, however, let alone anything else. I have one last point. I ask the Minister to hold the line on public-only contracts for consultants. That is the core of this issue for me. We need a centralised referral system and an integrated waiting list management system. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: They have asked specifically to meet the Minister. I think that at some point that request should be accepted by him in whatever form he can.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I am indeed. I have ten minutes and Deputy Ward will have 15.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: Ten and five, apologies. It is 15 minutes in total.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. First, I want to say that it is important for us to reflect on what we have achieved over the past 20 months and on the difficult and traumatic experience that society and people have gone through. It is hard to believe that the first case of Covid-19 was reported 20 months ago. It has been more than 19 months since the first restrictions were imposed. We all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: It is the political block he is talking about.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the health and social care career pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time for children waiting on a MRI or CT scan by location [48038/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI and CT scan machines; and the number that are operational, non-operational and broken, respectively. [48039/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres by location; and the number that are closed. [48040/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries for replacement joints which have been cancelled in the past three years due to a lack of replacement joints due to funding constraints. [48041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff of the 14,700 announced in Budget 2022 which have been hired; the revised target for year end; the breakdown of onboarded staff by grade and section; the number recruited for Covid-19 test and trace services; the number hired on a permanent and indefinite basis; and the number hired on a temporary and fixed-term basis. [48042/21]