Results 1,081-1,100 of 26,350 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)
David Cullinane: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates amongst health and social care professions across primary, community, and acute sectors, including relevant Section 38 and 39 organisations; the number of vacancies by profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/24]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: The Government did not have an embargo in place last year.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: The Taoiseach should read our budget, so he can see what we proposed.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: The Taoiseach is distracting.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: It was 7,000 last year
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I welcome all the witnesses. My first question is for Mr. O'Flynn. We met to discuss some of these issues some time ago. I thank him for that engagement and for his attendance today at the committee. Proper regulation is not a lot for which to ask. In fact, a lot of people would be amazed that we do not have proper regulation of dentistry, including a statutory code of conduct, and that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Has the council had any contact since the meeting the Minister? Was there any follow-up to suggest that there has been some movement on legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: That is something the committee can follow up on. The Minister is working on a number of health (miscellaneous) Bills. Perhaps he intends for one of those Bills to deal with this. We can take the matter up with him. I thank Mr. O'Flynn. We need to get those changes. I thank the Dental Council for the work it does. Mr. O'Flynn stated earlier that "the members of the current council...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)
David Cullinane: I will read into the record a response to a parliamentary question I received on this issue. I asked the Minister about his plans to increase the number of dentists working in the public service. The response came from the assistant national director for oral health. She says that the recruitment embargo is still in place and that relates to the number of staff employed by the HSE. She...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: Correct the record. Show some good grace.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: More misrepresentation.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: There is another fact-check coming your way.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: I will send you a copy of our plan. What about the children with scoliosis and spina bifida? You do not want to talk about them. You just want to misrepresent.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: It is not fair for that the Taoiseach is misrepresenting Sinn Féin's position over and over again.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: It is not party political.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: I call for a debate on children's healthcare and in doing so I want to raise a very important point with the Taoiseach. On 16 April, during the Taoiseach's first Leaders' Questions, Uachtarán Shinn Féin Teachta McDonald raised the very serious issue of children with scoliosis and spina bifida with him. His response on the day was not to give full answers but to mislead the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: The Taoiseach will have seen that the Journal.ie did a fact check-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: I am simply making the point that, independent of me, Sinn Féin and Fine Gael, the Journal.ie did a fact check and found the Taoiseach's claim to be false. I say again that it found the his claim to be false. I am asking the Taoiseach, in good grace, to withdraw the false claim he made. More importantly, I am asking for a debate on this issue. Last week, I raised the issue of Liam...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: 613. To ask the Minister for Health whether implementing the recommendations of the independent termination of pregnancy review is a priority for him. [18633/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (30 Apr 2024)
David Cullinane: 623. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will finalise its pay and numbers strategy for 2024. [18754/24]