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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: Has the Department done any modelling of how many patients are likely to avail of the single product that may become available at some point this year or next year? Has any modelling been done on what the usage is likely to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I was going to get to that in a few minutes. Epidiolex is important for epilepsy patients. I know it has been licensed and is going through the reimbursement process. I hope it will be successful and make a difference. I am trying to get a sense of how successful this programme will be. If there is only going to be one product this year we do not know how many products will be available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: That would be a game changer and I accept that. Do we have any indication as to when that medication will complete the reimbursement process? When are we looking for it to be a product that will be reimbursed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: My time is limited. I say again this is something that has to be done. I know there is a process but we need to look at the process. The drug approval process needs to be overhauled. It will go to the drugs group which will have to do its work. As Mr. Flanagan said, it will be sometime next year, and we do not know when, before a decision will be made on it. We are still some time away...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I had intended to respond to the debate by going through the Minister's opening speech and unpicking much of what he said. I will not do so, however, because I want to make a number of other points instead. Many Deputies have spoken tonight, from both Government parties and the Opposition, who obviously care about our health services. I care very deeply about healthcare. It is an issue in...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: —there was an alarming rise in healthcare waiting lists from 461,908 in 2014 to 740,712 in January 2020; —waiting lists have spiralled out of control since January 2020 to 814,345 in August 2021, rising to 907,648 including planned procedures; —210,740 people are waiting more than 18 months on inpatient and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: They are waiting for years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an update in relation to the provision of an Educate Together school in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 698. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of administration staff at the department of oncology at Tallaght University Hospital; if funding will be provided for the recruitment of additional administration staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a national lead in genomics by the HSE; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46262/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 721. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Recommendation 17 of the National Cancer Strategy, appointment of a National Lead for Cancer Molecular Diagnostics; if progress can be made in this prior to the appointment of the national lead in genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46263/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 737. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAAC-approved consultant posts across each specialty; the basis on which they are filled as per DIME; and the number of each type of contract, that is, A, B and C across specialties filled and or allocated for all 3,613 posts. [46348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAAC-approved consultant posts across each discipline and specialty; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary and agency, as per DIME; and the number of each type of contract, that is, A, B and C across disciplines filled and or allocated for all approved posts including the number on post-2012 pay rates. [46354/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 778. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the necessity to undertake a hotel quarantine upon arrival in Ireland for Irish citizens living in Argentina that have been fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (23 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reasons for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45756/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 313. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if this is in line with his Department’s workforce planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant haematologist at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting times to see a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Sep 2021)

David Cullinane: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant neonatologist and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist working in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45291/21]