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Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I am not going down that road at all.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I will indeed. I was making a very quick point and I will move on. On the amendments, I commend the Minister of State on the approach she took on Committee Stage. It was very constructive and while some of these amendments are technical in nature, many of the amendments we are dealing with are ones that we discussed ourselves and they arose out of conversations and concerns some Members...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I want hospitality opened. I want it opened safely, as quickly as possible and for everybody. There is something rotten at the core of the message we got from the Tánaiste's contribution. There is something very unfair about it given that over the past year, the Opposition in this State and in this House has been very supportive of public health measures. I would say to the...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the public health restrictions. The motion has been tabled at a time when emergency legislation is being rammed through the Dáil today and will be rammed through the Seanad tomorrow. What we have seen in recent weeks is absolutely unacceptable. Two weeks ago, the people of Ireland were expecting a plan from the Taoiseach. The hospitality sector...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister and wish him good morning. Most of my questions will relate to the national maternity hospital. To date, what has been the overall State spend on the national maternity hospital in totality, including any spend on the site itself? Does the Minister have up-to-date figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I appreciate that. We have spent €51 million on a hospital in respect of which there is no agreement regarding a lease or the governance structure. How is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Let us test that for a moment. The Minister is saying that the €51 million was for enabling works. There was agreement within this Government and that which preceded it that this is the best site and we should go ahead with the build. We then spend the money because that is where the hospital is going to be built. How is it then the case that when Deputy Bríd Smith and I put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I will get to at least one former Minister who did raise the prospect of an alternative site, but we will stick with the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach for a moment. The Minister is right in saying that they raised concerns about details, but they were talking about the ownership of the site. How is it the case that the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group issued a statement a couple of days...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: In more recent times since he came to office, did the current Minister put on the table with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group the possibility of the State purchasing the land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Privately. Was that before or after the Tánaiste's remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: Before the Tánaiste's remarks, the Minister did not have that discussion with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. It was a response to the pressure that was coming on the Government with regard to dealing with this issue, which is part of the problem. We are now dealing with it at the eleventh hour. I want to get to the remarks made by the previous Minister, Deputy Harris. Dr. Peter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: If that is not an option, realistically, the only two options left are that the State uses a compulsory purchase order, CPO, in respect of the land or that there is an agreement with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group to transfer the land to the State. It has stated that it is not going to do that, which leaves only one option, namely, a CPO, and that would take time. We are not really getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I hear that and I have one question on the easing of restrictions. To be fair, what the Minister is saying is that it is not off the table. However, the caveats he puts on it by saying that it will delay the project by years suggest it really is off the table in practical terms. That is what people will read from what he said. That is my opinion and the Minister has given his. With...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept all that. My time is up. I asked if the Minister consulted with the IMO because GPs were getting calls left, right and centre. In the context of this, was the IMO consulted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: With respect, my time is short and I asked about the cost.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I support the calls made by Deputy Whitmore. She is right about that interview given by the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, on 21 June on Newstalk. What he did was raise expectations. In fact, those of us in opposition commended and supported the stance he took. It was exactly what campaigners had been calling for, which is that all restrictions would be lifted for the full labour and not what...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State's speech was peppered with words like "reports" and "timelines". It was full of caveats and, to be quite frank and straight, excuses, and there are no excuses. As the previous speaker said, we have been told time and again that the same public health experts, whom the Government is saying we must hang our coats on for with everything else, are wrong when it comes to...

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I will start by offering my condolences to all the families who lost loved ones in nursing homes and, indeed, to people who lost loved ones over the course of the pandemic to Covid-19 outside nursing homes. This has been a very difficult time for everybody. I do not dispute the fact that all Members of the House, be they in the Government or in the Opposition, want to ensure there are the...

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

David Cullinane: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - due to the Covid-19 pandemic, guidance on visitation to long-term residential care facilities was issued by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, which included requirements to facilitate window visits during all levels of pandemic restrictions; - this guidance was not placed on a statutory basis and there was no authority which...