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Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I have seven and a half minutes and there will be two and a half for my colleague. I want to go over and back as fluidly as I can with the Minister. I accept this is a difficult format. I do not want to bash the Government over the head on the roll-out of the vaccine and I certainly do not want to bash over the head Dr. Colm Henry, Professor MacCraith and Professor Butler. They have...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to start by wishing the Ceann Comhairle and all of my colleagues a happy new year. Hopefully we will get through this year as best we can. We are facing into the worst phase of the pandemic on this island. As of this morning, in this jurisdiction, there were 1,750 people in hospital with this deadly virus and more than 170 in intensive care. The HSE forecasted that the best-case...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety Inspections (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections at bookmakers each month since February 2020; the number found to be non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance when the necessary communications to the Minister for Health and the HSE will be made to allow for the resumption of issuing primary medical certificates; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if carers are included in the any of the higher-order sequencing Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups or if they are more generally considered as part of the aged 18 to 54 years who did not have access to the vaccine in prior phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44910/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1019. 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. [1444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved pharmacist posts at each hospital, including Children's Health Ireland, CHI; the number of posts filled by tenure, that is, permanent, temporary, agency and so on; the ratio of approved posts-to-patient and filled posts-to-patient; the length of time vacant posts or posts filled by non-permanent appointments have been unfilled in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 828. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting list numbers and waiting times as presented in National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, data by each group and hospital for each discipline and each speciality, separated by adults and children in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 853. To ask the Minister for Health the PTSD supports provided for members of the National Ambulance Service; if a review has been conducted into the effectiveness of same and whether there is a need for further supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 901. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are being identified and analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 902. To ask the Minister for Health the cooperation or synchronisation there has been on SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 965. To ask the Minister for Health when the issuing of primary medical certificates will resume; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 996. To ask the Minister for Health if restrictions on travel from the place of residence under the new lockdown, including for travelling beyond general travel or distance restrictions, would prohibit parents of children with autism spectrum conditions from taking their children out to care for their general well-being and mental health; the extent to which the regulations may confine their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a first appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon in Children's Health Ireland and other hospitals across the HSE in tabular form; the length of wait for each child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on scoliosis surgery in Children's Health Ireland, Cappagh and the Mater in tabular form; the length of wait for each child and category of wait list, including all categories, that is, active, to come in, suspended and planned procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health the actions which will be taken to ensure four-month surgery targets are met for children with scoliosis during 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health when child specific wait lists, a recommendation of the 2017 report Waiting for Scoliosis Treatment: A Children' Rights Issue, will be in place across the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which count all those waiting on outpatient appointments as adults and which do not collect and report child specific wait lists to the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 1023. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels by staff group for the new palliative care centre in University Hospital Waterford; if there will be specialists in paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1453/21]

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with an Teachta O'Reilly. First, in what will be my final contribution in this House before Christmas, I wish the Minister and his family a happy and peaceful Christmas and, indeed, all the staff in the Department and those in the HSE. I thank sincerely all the front-line workers who work in our acute hospitals and in primary, mental health and community care, as well as...