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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Committee Stage of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 has been deferred and I want to raise a number of concerns relating to the Government's treatment of adopted people in the context of the Bill. Last week, the Minister, Deputy Zappone, told Senators that she met advocacy groups, lawyers and social workers only the night before to listen to their views on controversial...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: This is a challenge for us all. A balance must be struck between establishing the facts, which is why the commission was established in the first place, and the commission doing its work in a timely and cost effective fashion. The Taoiseach has brought representatives of all parties and groupings together on several occasions to seek advice, which was the right thing to do. Advice was...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: A Programme for a Partnership Government makes many promises and some of those have simply not been fulfilled. One of those promises is to reduce waiting times for a range of healthcare treatments in specialties right across the board and across regions. The Taoiseach stated earlier that everybody is benefitting from the recovery, or at least that everybody should benefit from the recovery,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Today the Minister for Health will hold briefings on the roll-out of the compassionate access programme for those who need cannabis-based oil for medical and clinical purposes. I commend Deputy Gino Kenny and many others who campaigned for this, as well as the Minister for Health who took the issue on board and progressed it. Several weeks ago in the Chamber Deputy Gino Kenny raised the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence. I am not a member of the committee but I have a number of questions that I wanted to ask. What is the referral pathway for somebody to be referred to a public orthodontist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I imagine that if somebody is referred to an orthodontist, it is for a good reason. Even if it is for a routine treatment, it needs to be done. Dr. Dougall spoke earlier about nudging people to make sure that they are treated as quickly as possible. Dr. Kavanagh spoke in a similar vein. If a person is referred to an orthodontist, how quickly should that person be assessed, inspected,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I will come back to Dr. Green. Constituents visit our clinics and ask us to raise issues of concern to them. Orthodontics is sometimes one of those issues, especially in the south east because waiting times for treatment are longer. I submitted a parliamentary question which I think Dr. Green responded to about waiting times in the south east. I was taken aback by the response, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Why is the waiting time 60 months? That is five years. How could somebody have to wait for five years for an inspection? Even priority waiting times, while they were up to date in 2014 and 2015, went to nine months in 2016, 13 months in 2017, 16 months in 2018 and 18 months in 2019. That is a year and a half for priority cases. Those are astounding figures. We talked about policy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Why has it not been dealt with for five years? If it is increasing every year, surely the people who are tasked with making sure that waiting times come down would put solutions in place? If something is a problem for that length of time, the people who are responsible for making sure that solutions are in place are obviously not delivering solutions because the times are increasing. Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I know the Chairman wants to come back in so I will finish on this. It is frustrating that I have listened to this for about an hour and a half. I thought that Dr. Kavanagh's and Dr. Dougall's responses were first class in setting out the policy and vision, as well as what needs to be done and what people need to do to look after their oral health, dental health and so on. We have also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I seek a final response from Dr. Green. He mentioned capacity. There is a capacity problem. He has said there has been some additional capacity. Is that additional capacity enough to reduce the waiting times? If not, what more is needed?

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: "I acknowledge that in some cases, access to the service may take longer than we would like" is the only sentence in the Minister of State's speech with which I agree but it understates the position. It is not the case that it may take longer, it will take longer and for some people who need home help, it will not happen at all. The problem with the approach of the Minister of State and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (25 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical procedures cancelled at University Hospital Waterford on 14 June 2019; the reason for the cancellations; the number of cancellations by specialty or procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement speech and language therapist is being provided to cover maternity leave at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26761/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Waterford aged six to 18 years of age awaiting ASD diagnostic assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26777/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Universities Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of borrowing, underwriting and guaranteeing activities notified to him under the borrowing framework provided for in section 38 of the Universities Act 1997 for each university since the institution of the framework in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25876/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Universities Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aggregate of funding borrowed by the university and education and training board sectors in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25877/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Universities Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the working of the borrowing framework outlined in section 38 of the Universities Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (20 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of construction, the university, the building or project name, the area and the cost of each university building programme costing in excess of €5 million in the past fifteen years in tabular form. [25879/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (20 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of construction, the institute, the building or project name, the area and the cost of each institute of technology building programme costing in excess of €5 million in the past fifteen years in tabular form. [25880/19]