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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Then we are very close to maximum capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: What did the bed capacity review, mentioned in the HSE report, recommend we should be at by the end of 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: The cancellation of non-urgent care is obviously necessary because of the dire situation we are in. Would Mr. Woods accept that is going to present real challenges for hospitals when we start to reopen that care again and that we are going to need a very substantial catch-up plan? I say this because the front-line staff I talk to daily are exhausted and absolutely at breaking point - not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. Woods aware of any hospitals that are continuing to put patients in wards where there are confirmed outbreaks? As the Chair is telling me I am short on time, I have one last question. I want to ask about St. Brigid's Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir. I understand it has been closed without consultation with people in that community and they are very upset about that. Mr. Woods might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I am sorry. I had a question about patients potentially being admitted into wards in acute hospitals where there are confirmed outbreaks. Has the HSE been made aware of any situations that have arisen in that context?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I have been informed that AstraZeneca has done a great deal of advance manufacturing. While the figure of 600,000 doses in the first quarter is significant, why are they coming monthly? Why not get more? Is it because that is all that have been produced? Are there logistical reasons for getting them monthly? Why not get all 600,000 at once and get them into GP surgeries and pharmacies in...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: On the detailed note the Minister mentioned, he might provide all that information to us. The more information he can provide to us, the better. As for the email address for submitting questions that was given to party health spokespersons, the response time is reasonable but could be better. I ask the Minister to take that up with his officials. I acknowledge that the Minister cannot...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I will take my time for questions and answers, if that is okay. It is important that we get as much information from the Minister as possible. I will start with some of the concerns that have been put into the public domain and raised in recent times. It is important for us to learn lessons, and the Minister has acknowledged that. We know issues were raised in relation to two hospitals...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister. Those lessons have to be learned and that is the most important thing that can happen. I wish to ask the Minister about the regularity of supply. As he said in his introduction, we are all being lobbied by different cohorts of society, whether it is dentists, pharmacists, carers or people who provide home help. There are many genuine questions these people have....

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: What is the number from Moderna?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: So at the moment it is about 40,000 but we can get more from it. From Moderna we have so far got 2,000, which is a very low number. The next question concerns if and when AstraZeneca gets approval, which we hope will happen towards the end of January. I have spoken to that company. It has done a great deal of advance manufacturing. First, what is the advance purchase agreement we have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to ensure that a way forward is secured on data sharing between public authorities here and in Northern Ireland in the context of cross-Border travel through ports and airports and on tackling Covid-19 in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the total additional funding paid to date to nursing homes under temporary assistance payment schemes related to Covid-19; the length of time this will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of home help delivered in November and December 2020 and January 2021 relative to 2019-2020 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to HSE staff in the first two weeks of January 2021 by staff category, group and grade for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (21 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if he has signed off on the HSE 2021 national service plan; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/21]

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I will finish where I started my first contribution by again reading to the Minister some of the first-hand testimonies I have received. When I read them out I want him to bear in mind that I have spoken to hundreds of student nurses and midwives directly. I am not sure how many the Minister has spoken to. The following are some of these accounts and the first reads: In three weeks, I will...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Government has commissioned two reviews of the pay of student nurses and midwives; — the first review on pay for placements during the Covid-19 pandemic was completed and its main recommendations were published on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) before the report itself was published or issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal speed limit for powered wheelchairs; his plans to legislate in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Management Agency (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recent graduate recruitment campaign run by the Local Government Management Agency was open to applicants with graduate degrees, including higher diploma, postgraduate diploma and master's degrees; if applicants presenting such qualifications were deemed to have met the stated academic requirement; the rationale used...