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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: 1088. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for hernia surgery at University Hospital Waterford, by timeframe, in tabular form. [61912/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: 1089. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of pain management as they wait for procedures at University Hospital Waterford, by the specialty on procedural waiting lists, in tabular form. [61913/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: I want to raise an urgent issue that has arisen in relation to the Irish Coast Guard air search and rescue service. I met with crew representatives from across the State yesterday, including pilots and other crews, who raised serious safety issues and fatigue issues. This is down to 24-hour shifts where a greater portion of their shift is now being classed as "on standby" time. They are...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: Neither I nor my party will take lectures from Fianna Fáil on economics. It crashed the economy and made people's lives a misery. They lost their homes and jobs. The Minister is in no position to come in here and lecture anyone on economics. When he talks about platitudes, I am talking about people who are making tough choices, such as what bills they pay. It is a reality facing...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: It is all Sinn Féin's fault. We have been in Government, not you. Own your own responsibilities.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: The Minister is avoiding answering the questions for ordinary working families because he has no answers.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: I welcome an Teachta Boyd Barrett back to the House. His return is great news. Workers and families in this State are under savage pressure. They are being hit from every direction: soaring rents, sky-high energy bills, rip-off groceries, childcare that costs more than a mortgage, and insurance premiums that are through the roof. Yesterday’s Future Forty report from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster left out the kitchen sink.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: I want to pick up on the audit on stroke services by the National Office of Clinical Audit, NOCA, published today. Perhaps I will start with Mr. Gloster. The audit does recognise some positives but there is a very stark key finding, namely, that "the overall picture reveals limited improvement since 2021”. Those are not my words; they are directly from the report. It states...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: I know that. Mr. Gloster said that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: I am sorry but I have dealt with this issue a couple of times in the past few weeks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: To be fair as well, I have asked similar questions and got similar responses back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: National strategies are funded nationally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: There is either an allocation or there is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: Yes, but my point is that in previous years it was very clear what was additional and what was not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: My point is that we cannot hold anybody to account here. We do not know what is additional or what is not. I, and I am sure every other member of this committee, will be asked about this audit, which states there are not enough beds. I will have to answer that I do not know how many additional specialist stroke beds will be delivered. I do not know how much additional funding exists. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: But these are specific beds for stroke victims, so they are specialist.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: Exactly, but they are still specialist beds. The beds are the beds, but the staff make up the service. The point is that this report shows we do not have enough beds with specialist staff. If that is accepted, is there any idea of how many additional beds will be delivered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long-term Planning in the Health Services: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)
David Cullinane: I just want to make one point on funding. It is not a quarrel I have with Mr. Gloster; it is more with the Department and the Minister. I have no idea, and I do not know if anyone else on this committee does, how much new money for new measures was provided in the budget just gone. I am aware there was €1.5 billion in additional funding, but I was told by a Department official at a...