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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 851. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction in dental services to under 16s as a result of the withdrawal of dentists from relevant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38354/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 899. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement there has been and the number of producers with which there has been engagement on procuring rapid antigen tests for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 900. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for procuring rapid antigen tests for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38593/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 901. To ask the Minister for Health if a workforce for deploying rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 has been trained; if so, when the training commenced; the number of persons that have been trained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 902. To ask the Minister for Health when rapid Covid-19 antigen tests will be deployed as part of the public testing system now that the European Commission has recommended their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38595/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 904. To ask the Minister for Health when rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 will be deployed in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38597/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 will be made available on a widespread basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 906. To ask the Minister for Health if rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 will be made available in local community testing facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he, his Department or the HSE have had with the developer of an application (details supplied); if there are plans to endorse same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38596/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome everybody to the Chamber and, in particular, the Chairman, Deputy McNamara, who did a very good job over the course of the months that the committee sat. I cannot say I agreed with everything the Chairman said before, during and after the publication of the report, but he was a very diligent Chairman. It was a very useful committee that sat at a very important time, and it played...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if child health and development checks have resumed; if so, the extent to which they have resumed; if they have not resumed, when they will; the plans for catching up on missed appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37451/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Transplant Services (19 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants in 2020 by type compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37671/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession at each public or voluntary hospital as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts by profession in each CHO and LHO as of 1 November or the latest available data point in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37729/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I had asked a few weeks ago that we would do a session on Covid-19 vaccines. I think we had agreed on 16 December. That date is timely because it gives the new chairperson and the members of the task force time to examine all the issues. I propose that Brian MacCraith, who is the chairperson of the task force, be invited in. We should also have in Colm Henry, the HSE lead, and Professor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I have a second question. We got a submission from the Irish Association of Social Workers on adult safeguarding. It is an important issue because it relates to the ability of the association to examine cases in nursing homes. Several members of this committee who were members of the Covid-19 committee raised this issue previously. I thought it was an excellent submission. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: In his opening statement, Mr. Gunning says that the construction completion date was due to be August 2022. Obviously, that is not now going to happen. He said in response to the previous questioner that there is no expectation that this date would be met, but he cannot give an accurate date as to what the new completion date will be. He must have some estimate. This is the Joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: Could Mr. Gunning clarify if the construction completion date will be some time before the end of this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: No, that is not what I asked. I have very limited time and I need Mr. Gunning to listen to the questions I put to him and for him to respond. I have ten minutes. This is a serious issue. Could he please listen to the question and then answer the question that has been put? What I said is that Mr. Gunning said in his opening statement that the construction completion date was to be August...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: I understand all of that but Mr. Gunning must have some estimate. Is he saying that it might not be some time this year or it might not even be some time next year? In other words, that the board is not able to give this committee any date, that it has no idea when the completion date will be. Is that what Mr. Gunning is saying?