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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 820. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE clinical advisory group report on medical cards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for giving sedatives to persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26503/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 897. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 15 October 2019, the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €1; the estimated cost to reduce the threshold to €114 and €100; and the estimated full-year cost of same. [26898/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that saw a consultant, by type, in the first eight months of 2020; the number and breakdown for same in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27040/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 936. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost in 2021 of a total population vaccination campaign, assuming near 100% uptake with reasonable exceptions for those that cannot be safely vaccinated, scaled on the usual quantity percentage breakdown across quadrivalent influenza vaccine and live attenuated influenza vaccine and other types of vaccine by cost of vaccine and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 937. To ask the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure incurred by his Department to date; and if this will be counted a pre-committed expenditure for Budget 2021. [27042/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 938. To ask the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related expenditure over and above his Department’s 2020 budget; if this additional expenditure will be factored into the base in Budget 2021; and if not, if it will be repeated as Covid-19 related expenditure in Budget 2021. [27043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child development clinics and associated services which took place in the first eight months of 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27077/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines for persons when a member of their household displays symptoms of Covid-19; if they should self-isolate until a negative test is returned; if his attention has been drawn to HSE guidance being issued to persons that says a member of a household is not required to isolate while their household member with symptoms is waiting for a test; his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 970. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by University Hospital Waterford to provide insulin pump therapy as a treatment option to all eligible adults with type 1 diabetes; the plans of the hospital to provide type 1 diabetes self-management education to adults attending its clinic; if the hospital has included the specialist nursing staff and dieticians required to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 971. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medicinal cannabis; the position regarding the delivery of medicinal cannabis by the HSE nationwide originating from another EU state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27228/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I echo what the two previous speakers said. It is unacceptable that the representatives from NPHET are not here. We asked them and expected them to be here last week. Members of the committee appreciate that NPHET is very busy, as indeed are the witnesses from the HSE who are here today, the Department and the Minister. We are busy as well. I appreciate that NPHET is on the front line in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: They will not be there either. I want to make another point. There are not even any briefings for Opposition health spokespersons or party leaders on these issues. That makes no sense at a time when we are told that we are all in this together, as we should be. I do not think anybody is being irresponsible. Some people and groups outside this House, including those on the far right, are...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I will take ten minutes. I welcome our witnesses. I will be looking for numbers in the questions I will put to Mr. Reid in order to establish some facts. I know there are a number of different elements to testing, from swabbing centres to laboratories. On the swabbing side, how many staff do we have employed in that area at this point in time?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: There are 380 staff carrying out swabbing. Laboratories might be more difficult because some of that work is done is hospitals as we know. I understand there are two industrial laboratories involved. How many staff are involved in testing, either in hospitals or in industrial laboratories, and how much laboratory space is being used? Approximate figures will suffice.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I am looking for the numbers.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: The living with the virus plan refers to recruiting 500 staff. Mr. Reid indicated 380 staff are currently involved in swabbing and, as such, 500 is a substantial additional number which will be welcome. Where are we with that number? What work are we talking about? Does the figure of 500 refer to swabbing only or is will these staff do other work? Is it for staff in the laboratories?...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I have that information. I am tight on time so can I get the numbers first? If 700 swabbers will be recruited, what will the baseline of swabbing personnel be once the HSE has recruited those 700 staff? How quickly does Mr. Reid anticipate that those 700 will come on stream?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Basically, Ms O'Beirne is saying that from a swabbing perspective, we will move from a figure of 300 to 1,000. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: The living with the virus plan mentions numbers of 700 new staff for swabbing and 500 contact tracers. However, it does not give any benchmark or targets for turnaround times or how many tests should be carried out per week. Surely even for scrutiny purposes and also just to have a strategy, there should be a target of how many tests or, at least, what capacity we should have. The target...