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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)

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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...

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

David Cullinane: I come to the reporting - the daily reporting and the transparency. Why, even at this point, we do not have, even on a weekly basis, information on how many vaccines have arrived, how many vaccines have been administered and how many are in storage? Such information would give people confidence and it would ensure that we have full transparency. There is some reporting but it does not go...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: It has been reported today that 300 extra training places for doctors that were funded and put in place in the earlier part of the pandemic look set now to be cancelled. Those places were launched by the Tánaiste, when he was Taoiseach, in April last year. Having 300 fewer doctors working in the Irish healthcare system at a time when we have a huge crisis is not what should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to visits at care homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if supports are available or will be provided for businesses in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11933/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has put in place measures to ensure that a person whose entitlement to illness benefit and similar has expired due to the lapsing of a time limit as a result of the pandemic-related suspension of health services continues to be entitled to receive the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the professions which are generally qualified or permitted to administer vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the professions which are permitted to administer Covid-19 vaccinations; the reason phlebotomists, healthcare assistants, social care workers, and others who could be trained to administer these vaccines are not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines delivered and the expected deliveries for the remaining of quarter 1 by basis of delivery, that is, weekly, fortnightly and so on and by producer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11106/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including ozempic (details supplied) in the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 775. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug semaglutide (details supplied) was removed from the list of drugs included in the drugs repayment scheme; if he will consider including it in the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistant posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (3 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts for each CHO; the number of posts funded, filled and vacant, respectively; the basis on which they are filled, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and locum by whole-time equivalent in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11389/21]