Results 961-980 of 26,303 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I thank Dr. McNamara for that. I just want to come back to the issue of hospital capacity because Mr. Gilligan spoke about a range of issues in this regard that are causing problems in emergency departments. It is very frustrating for me when I hear Government representatives asking what the problems are in Limerick. I heard this again a few minutes ago. We have been told time and again...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I mean people on trolleys who, after having been seen by a doctor, never see a bed-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Could Dr. Gilligan respond to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I thank those who work in the system for their work and the IMO for its advocacy. I will leave it at that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I want to finish on that. Very similar testimonies were heard in the Aoife Johnston inquest. I am concerned about the lack of dignity and respect for patients. If a doctor comes to you to talk about your medical experience in front of other patients on hospital trolleys, it is self-evident that there is a lack of dignity. Following this session, we need to follow up on all these issues...
- Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)
David Cullinane: There are a number of areas in housing where the Minister has delivered, which should be recognised on the floor of the Dáil. First is rising rents - well done. Every year, month on month, year on year, rents have increased. In my own constituency of Waterford, rents have increased 6.5% on last year. That was up on the year before and the year before that. Well done. You delivered...
- Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)
David Cullinane: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the data which will be reported through the health performance visualisation platform, in tabular form; the relevant metrics and indicators which will be measured and monitored; and the regularity of reporting. [22499/24]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Looking at all of the figures in the opening statement, I reminded myself that there are real people behind them who need access to services. Whether that is the neurological teams in the community or the specialist beds, or the neurological nurses across the counties mentioned, there are people depending on these services. The first issue I raise is the specialist nurse positions. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: There is a shortage of at least 100 specialist nursing posts. There was funding for 21, which is only a fifth of what is needed. Even at that, 13 of those posts have not been delivered and have been held up behind because of the embargo. That is the situation as of today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: That is not acceptable. We need to follow that up with the HSE. Bernard Gloster came before the committee to discuss this issue, as well that relating to neurorehabilitation teams. Commitments were given. I pulled out the briefing note we received from the HSE last April in April 2023. On community neurorehabilitation teams, has there been progress in CHO 2 and CHO 4? Have those teams...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I have the note here. Regarding the commitment, it states that in relation to the teams in CHO 2 and CHO 4 in the 2023 budget, funding has been provided for two larger community neurorehabilitation teams. The note refers to 12 to 13 team members and that it was planned to have the teams operational in quarter 4 of 2023. That was the commitment given to us in good faith when we dealt with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I fail to see how, even with administrative issues, that could be the case. That is a matter for the HSE to sort out. Tens of thousands of people work in the HSE. I do not see how it cannot sort out whatever issues exist. If a commitment has been given that something will be operational by the end of 2023 and we are now told it might be as late as the end of 2024, that makes no sense to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: How many do we have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I want to ask about the source of the figure of 300. Is that a HSE figure from its analysis or is it the alliance's analysis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: The HSE model.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: It has identified the need for 300 beds, but only about one third of those are in place. That is a common pattern. It is the same with specialist nurses, where we have one third, or perhaps even less, of what is needed. It is the same for the teams. The whole area is under-resourced. I go back to what I said at the start of the meeting, namely that there are real people behind that who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I thank the witnesses.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Covid should actually have been the battle cry or the rallying cry to this Government to actually deal with these issues. The Minister of State is actually making the argument for me. Covid was the big disrupter that said to the State that we need to do more about adult safeguarding legislation, homecare and a statutory homecare but the Minister of State did not deliver and she has to...