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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure by his Department in 2021 compared to 2020, disaggregated by precommitted expenditure such as by demographics, PSSA and so on, Covid-19 related expenditure and other additional expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28738/20]

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with my colleague, Deputy Patricia Ryan. I will take ten minutes and she will have five minutes. I have said to the Minister on a number of occasions, and I think he has accepted it because it is a statement of the obvious, that we are facing a very difficult winter. The onset of Covid has been tragic in many ways for our health services, not just in terms of trying to...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: I was allowing the Minister to answer in the time allocated to me.

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: Yes, and with Deputy Ó Snodaigh as well, a Cheann Comhairle, when he come in. We have a number of speakers. I will start straight away with my eight minutes. First, I welcome the opportunity that we have been given to debate this plan. As he knows we have been looking for this debate for some time. As someone who has been calling for briefings and more interactions between health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (1 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dexcom G6 glucose monitoring systems are only available for those of certain ages through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken regarding health and safety concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies across the health service by CHO, hospital group and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27360/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational and regional breakdowns and associated costs of the 2,760 staff for 2020 and the 7,500 recruitment target for quarter 1 of 2021 outlined in the winter plan 2020-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not have a single integrated finance and procurement information technology system; his plans for ensuring a system will be put in place; if an integrated system will be expedited due to the failings the current system is causing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27462/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the Be on Call for Ireland pool; the number who have been assigned or placed in services; the number of staff hired through Be on Call for Ireland with HSE contracts; the number with agency or temporary contracts; the reason staff are being hired as agency or temporary staff when there is a demonstrated need for them to be employed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on an item of correspondence (details supplied); the steps that he or his Ministerial colleagues are taking to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some community testers and contact tracers and those offered jobs through Be on Call for Ireland and other recruitment pathways to join the health service are only being offered temporary employment through agencies and are not being employed directly by the HSE or his Department; if this is congruent with the objective of employing a dedicated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for removing the treatment abroad scheme funding for mesh-injured persons; the reason for removing funding for travel abroad for translabial scans; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is interrupting patients' treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27528/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the rehabilitative supports being made available to mesh-injured patients; if expedited pain management physio and counselling treatment will be delivered in line with the CMO report on the matter; if this can be accessed privately instead of through the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27529/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I wish to make a few comments before the session starts which are not directed in any way at the Minister or any of our witnesses. It is unfortunate that we have the Minister for Health, the acting CMO and a number of key figures from NPHET in the same session. This is problematic for a number of reasons. We now have to choose to whom we put our questions; and some members only have five...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I will make one small point in addition. I make it directly to the Minister because it is the case that we were told that it was an official in the Department who was the problem or the difficulty, or at least it was alleged that that was the difficulty in getting NPHET before the committee. There is a wider point, however, and it goes back to the fact that in the very early stages of this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I intend to be ruthless in how I put my questions, which are directed at the Minister for Health and the acting Chief Medical Officer. Unfortunately for the other witnesses, I do not have enough time to ask all the questions I would I like to ask. My questions for the Minister for Health are for him to answer because there are lines of demarcation, which I spoke about earlier. I will...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I would like to stop Dr. Glynn there. I agree with him but part of the problem is some of the commentary, and not, by the way, from Dr.Glynn's perspective, when young people hear time and time again what they cannot do as opposed to what they can do. We must change the tone and change how we communicate with young people, and get the message to them in a better way. There is a role for all...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Let us hope it is not the case, but if those restrictions are extended, is it more likely that we will again see an announcement a couple of hours, or 24 hours before it happens or will there be a better lead-in this time where people will have more time to digest it? Part of the problem the last time, if Dr. Glynn can appreciate, is that within a couple of hours, restaurants were told they...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I will put a question to the Minister for Health. Yesterday, the HSE was before the committee. I welcome the recruitment of 700 swabbers and 500 tracers. I accept that it is good to have additional capacity for swabbing and, as the Minister said, the testing regime is complicated. It is not straightforward as there is swabbing and then the testing itself in laboratories. I believe we...