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Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 79: In page 38, line 10, after “section 35” to insert “or any payment made or received in accordance with section 36”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I think the Minister's response was reasonable, so I will withdraw my amendment. Like Deputy Shortall, I will give the matter more consideration and might come back to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: We will wait for the briefing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the witnesses for their evidence and their answers to the questions, which have been good. I will start with Dr. Crowe and her opening statement. I wish to be fair to her. She raised the change in the drafting of the ninth edition and what she called the misinterpretation of the removal of one paragraph. She has given a rationale for that removal. It is not unusual that, taking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: For the benefit of those listening and for our transcript, Dr. Crowe made it clear that from the perspective of the Irish Medical Council, that change had nothing to do with taking a stance or paving the way for a change to legislation in this area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: That is the position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Crowe. I will come to Dr. Chapman, if I can. I ask that answers are as brief as possible although I appreciate that is difficult when we are dealing with a complex issue. I thank Dr. Chapman for her opening statement. She stated that in the context of the New Zealand legislation, "There are areas of the legislation which need revision." Would she outline to the committee what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I will come to Dr. McLaren. His opening statement was interesting and I thank him for the evidence he has presented. He talked positively about the delivery of voluntary assisted dying, VAD, services in his country. That is his experience and I accept that. It is important for us to hear that. He did say, however, that it is not without its challenges. He went on to talk about "the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I do not dispute that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: 3. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated elective cancellations in 2023; and the number of elective procedures outsourced to private medicine in public hospitals or private hospitals in the same period. [2055/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: There is lots of information that we unfortunately cannot get through parliamentary questions. I understand the reason, namely, that there is an industrial relations dispute. I respect the right of people to engage in that. The information I am looking for is on the number of hospital-initiated cancellations for elective procedures. As we know, when the pressure is on in emergency...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: We all know the majority of cases are rescheduled. The problem is that people end up waiting longer. By cancelling elective procedures because of pressures in accident and emergency departments, we end up just shifting the problem from one part of the health service to another. I respect the fact that there is an industrial relations dispute, but it is extraordinary that the Minister, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I welcome the surgical hubs, as anybody would, but they are not a substitute for the elective-only hospitals. I share the Minister's frustration but I have also expressed frustration about the slow pace of delivery of elective-only hospitals. We are talking about lots of big infrastructural projects in healthcare. Members of the Joint Committee on Health get frustrated with digital...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: 1. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds in the hospital system; the number of beds he will add this year; and if he has secured funding for the needed and promised 1,500 beds. [2054/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: My first question is in relation to the number of acute in-patient beds currently in the system, the number of additional acute in-patient beds that will be delivered in 2024 and, crucially, the 1,500 rapid-build beds that were much promised and spoken about last year. When will they be delivered? Has the funding been secured? What is the timeframe for the delivery of those beds?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: I welcome any and every additional bed put into the system. The Minister spoke of 1,126 beds that were delivered up to January. That money and those beds were committed to in 2020. In fact, they were to be delivered much quicker. It has taken far too long to deliver all those beds. In my view, that goes back to the need to reform how we deliver major healthcare infrastructure. That is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: Of course there are plans. That is the problem I have. The frustration is that the Department and HSE have done a lot of work identifying sites and, as the Minister said, looking at where they want the beds to be provided. I assume that will be in areas where there are pressure points. Much of that work has been done. The frustrating part is that these projects can be delivered very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: 20. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts available to the health service in 2024; the number of posts required for full implementation of the safe staffing framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2058/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: 21. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to respond to ESRI reports which have identified significant deficits and imbalances in critical healthcare infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: 31. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on recent reports that suggest almost 107,000 adverse incidents reported within the health service and the significant rise in such incidents over the past five years; the steps or measures he has taken in view of these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2057/24]