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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medicinal Products (27 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 845. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drug group has met to date in January 2021; when the group will next meet; if the drug dupilumab will be approved for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/21]

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

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses. I commend all of those on the front line in our healthcare services who are doing a Trojan job. I also commend those in the HSE who are rolling out the vaccine and wish everybody well. Best wishes to Dr. Woods and his team and Dr. Ronan Glynn and his team as well. I appreciate the point that Dr. Glynn made that there may not be best value in looking back...

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

David Cullinane: I accept that, and Dr. Glynn has answered the question, but my point is we went from very good data and good numbers, or at least better numbers and having some handle on the virus and some control, to a situation where we lost control. If we do not learn lessons about why we lost control, we could lose control again. With regard to public health intervention and the public health advice...

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

David Cullinane: Sorry, Dr. Glynn, we have very short time. The question I asked is whether NPHET is in favour of mandatory quarantine. It is a very direct question. Dr. Glynn appreciates why I am asking the question because it is a source of public discussion and an important one. People have a reasonable expectation that we will do everything possible to prevent the virus coming in when we get the...

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

David Cullinane: Okay. To be clear, what Dr. Glynn is saying is that NPHET has previously recommended mandatory quarantine and its position has not changed, and the reality of how that will happen has to be worked out by Government, but NPHET’s advice is there should be mandatory quarantine. Is that correct?

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

David Cullinane: Thank you. I say all of that because it is important that we do everything we possibly can to have the strongest public health interventions to reduce the transmission rates and to reduce the number of people who contract the virus. That in itself will help our front-line healthcare workers and admissions in hospitals as well, which is an obvious point to make. I will come to Mr. Woods....

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

David Cullinane: What is the maximum capacity in the public system? What is the most that we can get?

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

David Cullinane: What is the maximum that we can have?

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]