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Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1200. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each of the expansions outlined in the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020, in tabular form; the timeline for commencement of each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21567/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1213. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21595/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1237. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to medical card holders being refused treatment by dentists in view to the fact they have ceased working with the HSE due to disputes in relation to PPE; the entitlements and options of medical card holders in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1243. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the Crossborder Community Paramedic project (details supplied) will continue beyond August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1244. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current cost of building elective only hospitals as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21727/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that graduated in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the institutions from which they graduated; the number that entered jobs in the public health service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents by occupation and by directly employed and agency staff, respectively working in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21878/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1273. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of whole-time equivalent staff by occupation that would need to be hired to fully and safely staff the health service and to phase out reliance on agency staff and directly employ all health service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1281. To ask the Minister for Health his views on legal protections and exemptions for pharmaceutical corporations which will produce a Covid-19 vaccine, as highlighted by a newspaper (details supplied); his views on a no-fault, non-adversarial compensation system with a civil liability exemption; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resume services at St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 1285. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for staff relocated from St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I will be supporting this Bill, and as previous speakers have said, I would not be supporting it if the sunset clause was not in it. The Minister herself acknowledged that it is not desirable that we would have to bring in emergency legislation to deal with these situations. We must, however, go back to first principles. The public health guidelines are...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I will take ten minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Will the Department of Education and Skills be represented at next Wednesday's meeting?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: From the diaphragm.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Reid and I again thank him, his team and all of the front-line healthcare workers for their service. I have a number of questions to put to Mr. Reid in respect of which I have only ten minutes so Mr. Reid will appreciate that if his answers are as succinct as possible it will allow me to put many of those questions. My first question relates to the number of weekly tests being...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: Sorry, I have Mr. Reid's direct quote. What he said was that it is expected that the 100,000 weekly test rate would be reached, not the capacity to do it but the actual number of tests. I am not sure whether Mr. Reid misspoke then or whether we just have not reached our target, but given that we had a number of counties in semi lockdown, one of which still remains in lockdown, and that we...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: I wish to unpack the median end-to-end turnaround time, which, thankfully, is down to 2.2. Regarding what that actually means, what is the difference between the average turnaround time for a community sample as opposed to a sample in a hospital or some other setting, which I imagine would have a much more rapid turnaround time? What is the average median turnaround time for a community sample?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: What is the median turnaround time for a community case?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

David Cullinane: No, I know all that. I just need the answer to the question: what is the median end-to-end turnaround time for a community test? I understand it is different, which is why I made that point, I just need the figure if Ms O'Beirne has it.