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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 899. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant spinal neurosurgeon at the Mater Hospital Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13120/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 900. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant rheumatologist at Sligo University Hospital; the number of persons on the waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 939. To ask the Minister for Health the priority group in which carers for children with cancer will be included for the vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 940. To ask the Minister for Health when carers for children with cancer can expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13344/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 941. To ask the Minister for Health if persons aged 16 to 64 years of age with haematological cancers will be reprioritised within the Covid-19 vaccination strategy and moved to cohort 4 alongside others whose illness puts them at high risk of severe disease if they contract the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13345/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 942. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations regarding sodium valproate made by the Oireachtas Committee on Health of the 32nd Dáil (details supplied) have been fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 943. To ask the Minister for Health if a register is currently operational to record persons that are prescribed the drug sodium valproate during pregnancy; if a register is currently operational to record persons affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13351/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO areas in which attendees at day services are being charged for transport costs; the number of persons being charged; the estimated costs charged and revenue raised each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13356/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Reid. We have very limited time so I want to ask as many questions as possible in the ten minutes available to me. I will start by thanking again all of those on the front line who are doing a wonderful job in our health services, in testing and tracing and in the roll-out of the vaccine. I appreciate that a lot of good work is being done by a lot of people in the HSE and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Who, at a senior level, is in contact with the pharmaceutical companies? We know we have had several interruptions in supply. It was reported in today's edition of The Irish Timesthat there was a target of 1.7 million doses by the end of March. We were told it was 1.4 million earlier this year when others appeared before this committee. It dropped down to 1.2 million because of an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I have very limited time. We have seen several interruptions on the supply side. A number of times Astra Zeneca has left us short, as did Moderna last week. How many times has that happened? Are we still on course to reach that target or because of those interruptions, will we now not reach that target of 1.2 million by the end of March?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: All we want is factual information. I ask Mr. Reid to provide the committee with a note on how frequently there has been an interruption in supply. This should outline, for example, that on a particular date we were due to receive X number of doses from a particular company and then we received Y which was a lesser amount or more as the case may be. We should be given that information so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Who has overall responsibility for getting the vaccines from A to B? This is not just anecdotal; it is factual and has been reported by many GPs. Some did not get their vaccines on time. Some got their vaccines without proper equipment. I know one GP who received a box of leaflets as opposed to a box of vaccines and they had patients waiting to be inoculated. We have had reports of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: My question is: do we have a number? I hear what Mr. Reid is saying about some practices. It would be important for us to have that number so that we have a sense of the scale of the problem that emerged. We need to learn lessons as we ratchet up the roll-out. We all want this to be a success. When problems arise, we need to fix the problems which is why I am asking who has overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: Who in the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I have two very quick questions finally. We have heard from Britain that there may be a need for a booster shot in the autumn. Does that need to be considered in this State also? I welcome that we have now started into category 4 and that those with underlying medical conditions will start to get their vaccines. It is important that we get that right. Do we have a central register of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I ask the Chair if it might be possible to get a detailed note from the HSE on some of the issues I raised. I appreciate the responses from Mr. Reid, but it is important for us to have as much data as possible on the inoculation process and on where problems have arisen with GPs not getting vaccines, consumables and syringes on time and associated delays. I would like to have those data and...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: There are a lot of questions I want to get through, and I thank the Minister for his brevity in responding. Some GPs have claimed in recent weeks they did not get their vaccines in time, and many of us have been contacted by relatives of older people who were in GP surgeries expecting to get their vaccine and it did not happen. Does the Minister have numbers on reported cases where GPs were...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I will put my remaining questions in one block. Will the Minister outline to the House the new target dates for all the over-85s and all the over-70s to be vaccinated? We are now hearing some other countries in Europe may use the AstraZeneca vaccine. We hear Britain is now examining the possibility of a third jab of the vaccine in the autumn. Is that something that is being considered...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with my colleague, Deputy Ward. We are at a very important point in the battle against Covid. In fact, I would argue we are at a critical point in relation to suppressing this virus. We have had debates in this Chamber on a range of different ingredients to keep driving down community transmission and then keeping the numbers low. That includes having a first-class...