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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome all of our witnesses. I will put my questions to specific witnesses. I will get to everybody. I am not looking for every witness to answer every question. I will start with Mr. Collins. In his opening statement, he made reference to the previous national plan. It is my understanding that the previous national plan for cardiovascular care ran from 2010 to 2019. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: There is no new plan. Mr. Collins also said that no evaluation of the previous plan had been carried out by the HSE or the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: In his opening statement, Mr. Collins said that this is a recipe for failure. There is an old adage: fail to plan, plan to fail. It is extraordinary that a strategy for a period of almost ten years has not been evaluated. We do not know what has worked from the HSE's perspective or what it might be looking for in a new plan. From what Mr. Collins said, there does not even seem to be an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: Okay, that is perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I might come back in. It is obvious that we need a new strategy. There is a role for the committee in ensuring that is developed. Following this session, we need to write to the HSE to find out what is happening and to put pressure on for a new strategy to be put in place. It is extraordinary that an advocate organisation has to go to the lengths of seeking parliamentary questions and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: The IHF is calling for the HSE to carry out an audit to establish the true figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: Here we go again. Again, I find this extraordinary. How, in God's name, are we meant to plan for the needs of stroke survivors if we do not even know how many of them there are? If the HSE has not even conducted an audit and does not have a registry of the number of stroke survivors, how are we going to put in place a plan that provides for their needs? Again, this is something the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I wish to make a final comment. My time is almost up. When there is a review of the existing strategy and consideration is given to framing a new strategy, screening and testing have to be front and centre. It is unacceptable that screening and testing are so minimal. As Mr. Johnson pointed out, it can be low cost and rolled out through general practice. It can also be done in a serial...

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

David Cullinane: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State supports he has offered to vaccine manufacturers. [15091/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: Belfast International Airport was closed to international travel.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to speak to amendment No. 3. In February and March of last year, we were all confronted with a pandemic and a deadly virus that none of us at the time understood and we did not know the full extent of the damage that virus would do. It has been an horrendous time ever since, during which the State and every other country has had to deal with a global pandemic, where a large number of...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: First, I wish to thank the Independents who have brought forward this motion. I wish to commend the motion and its three main demands, namely, that there must be an immediate step change in the implementation of the national maternity strategy, including a comprehensive, time-bound, fully resourced implementation plan for full implementation by 2026; that immediate action is taken on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. To get in as many questions as I can, I will direct my questions to the individual witnesses. I will not need everybody to answer the same question, but if somebody has a point to make that will obviously be fine as well. I thank Ms Power for her powerful opening statement. I echo the call that was made for a strong public health campaign and a strong public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: My next question is for Dr. Colleran. Diagnostics is one of the most important steps in treating cancer patients. Rapid diagnosis is important. The IHCA, IMO and the Irish Cancer Society have referred to increased investment in diagnostics which is important. The society mentioned having established diagnostic centres for cancer. Does the IHCA support that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: Is Dr. Colleran talking specifically about equipment or are more staff and equipment needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: My next question is for Professor Landers. The IMO and the IHCA referred to the impact the cyberattack has had on cancer care. It seems to have had an even greater impact than Covid, which is extraordinary. I ask him to give us a flavour of what is happening on the ground. He works in University Hospital Waterford, which is a cancer centre. Many services there have been affected from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: Professor Seamus O’Reilly made the point last week that any six-month delay in diagnostics in cancer care will have a ten-year impact on increased cancer deaths. In Professor Lander’s professional opinion, is that a view that he would support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: My final question for Dr. Kilgallen concerns the opening statement of the IHCA, which mentioned new hospital consultant contracts and the pay inequality issue. This is also supported by the IMO. He said that there needs to be an agreement on hospital consultant contracts on terms that are agreed by the IHCA, which I assume he would also agree with from the point of view of his own...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I have two more quick questions and I will finish then. One is for Professor Landers and the other for Dr. Kilgallen. Addressing Professor Landers on the issue of elective-only hospitals, this is something I support and will have an impact in reducing waiting times but it is not a substitute for investing in elective capacity in other hospitals in the State. Professor Landers is based in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: 306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [29731/21]