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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome Ms Justice Laffoy and her team. I hope she is well. I wish them well in their important work. It is an issue in which we on the joint committee have taken a keen interest. As I am sure they will be aware, there were a number of examinations into nursing homes and residential care facilities in recent times, obviously, because of Covid, and there were a number of reports....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I will look back a little before I ask some questions about the solutions that Ms Justice Laffoy spoke about. I would support her statement that their assessment of the law on this area needs to be comprehensive and that the recommendations need to be solutions-focused, practical and workable, and provide adults at risk of abuse and neglect with the best possible legal protections....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: The IASW has raised with us a number of genuine concerns that go to the heart of the need for adult safeguarding legislation and a statutory basis for the framework. Currently, there is no legal right of entry for any independent inspector or social work team into a private nursing home. This is one of the issues that arose in many of the investigations. The IASW wrote in its submission:...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I will finish, since my time is probably up. I am sorry - did Ms Justice Laffoy wish to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I will make a final point and perhaps Ms Coen can contribute then. I wish everyone on the commission well in what it is doing. These are long-standing issues and, as Mr. Byrne stated, there are social workers and others working on the ground who have direct experience of many of them. The majority of care settings, include nursing homes and other residential care services, provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: Dr. Mulligan can start. I am not sure Ms Caulfield can hear us.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: The Minister's response does not answer the question at all. The question I posed concerned whether these people are going to be considered as a distinct cohort in their own right. I think they should be. The Minister has obviously looked for a clinical assessment. I do not know what that assessment has been. While it does have to be underpinned medically, these are people who we all...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I hope we will get progress on this issue, and I think everybody accepts it is an urgent issue. My final question concerns category 6 key workers. The decision to not use the AstraZeneca vaccine for those aged over 65 years old means that the people in this key worker group will be the second next category to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. There is still no definition of who...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I wish to use my ten minutes for over and back exchanges with the Minister on questions rather than by making a statement. My first question is on older people. Over the past number of weeks, we have been given different timeframes as to when those aged over 70 will be inoculated. It was March when we expected the AstraZeneca vaccine would be used for the over 70s. Obviously, we all...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept that there are supply issues but the middle of May for all of the over 70s to be inoculated is a long time for those most at risk to wait. This will cause concern for many older people. I know that the GPs are ready to play their part as, we are told, are pharmacists. There are community vaccinators I am sure who can also play their part. It is very difficult when we hear that we...

Health (Parliamentary Oversight of Certain Instruments Relating to Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: The Bill that we are proposing does not oppose regulations. We all accept that in a public health emergency, there will be a need for regulations to make sure that public health restrictions and interventions are put in place and that there are penal provisions, enforcement and punitive measures to ensure compliance with, and enforcement of, those restrictions and public health measures. ...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I raise the matter of increased cardiac waiting lists at University Hospital Waterford. I received a reply to a parliamentary question last week, which showed that the number on inpatient waiting lists has increased from 300 at the end of 2018 to 730 at the end of 2020. More worrying is that the outpatient waiting lists increased from 1,057 to 1,700 in the space of two years. The number of...

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: First, I commend the Labour Party on bringing forward this motion. I join the Minister in extending my solidarity to all the families of those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 in recent months and especially in the past month, when the number of deaths has been very high. There is no doubt whatever that we need a change in approach. Sinn Féin supports a maximum suppression...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to serious issues with the Companies Registration Office CORE portal as highlighted by a body (details supplied); if steps will be taken to extend the filing deadline; if not, if certainty will be offered that no late filing penalties will apply due to delays caused by these issues with the portal;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the planning fees for An Bord Pleanála to ensure that all persons have equal access to the planning system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a preferred contractor will be approved for appointment at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6562/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 810. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued in each of the years 2017 to 2020 for antidepressants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6831/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders in each of the years 2017 to 2020 for antidepressants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6832/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (10 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: 812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued in each of the years 2017 to 2020 for antidepressants which were reimbursed via PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6833/21]

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

David Cullinane: 813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to mental health services in each of the years 2017 to 2020, by service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/21]