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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 1. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his plans for tackling the length of waiting lists for access to children's health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: The first question is with regard to the Minister's plans to reduce waiting lists for access to children's healthcare. In recent weeks, we have had some lengthy debates on children with scoliosis and spina bifida and this week we have discussed mental health services and child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. My question is specifically on the overall children's health waiting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: People will be wary of promises made, such as those that were made to children with scoliosis. I accept, however, the Minister's statement that this is a target and that everything needs to be done to ensure we reach it. It the Sláintecare goal and we have to implement it. There are still far too many children waiting beyond the Sláintecare targets. There are 9,910 children on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: We all accept - I certainly do - that each and every hospital should comply with data sharing. It is very important for the health system generally and for clinicians to have data across all hospitals. It is also important for policy and the wider health services in terms of the Department, the HSE and the political system. I agree with that. The difficulty with pausing capital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the use in certain retail outlets of text only, large, colourful and attention-grabbing posters which are used to highlight a select number of tobacco products for sale; if he has examined whether such posters are contrary to regulations and standards; if he has sought an update on enforcement where this is the case; if he will address...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on reviews into serious patient safety incidents at University Hospital Limerick's emergency department; the number of such incidents; his plans to deliver safe capacity at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 55. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission in their report on CAMHS, and how many of these recommendations have been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons in the State and on the island who are sufficiently qualified and skilled to undertake kyphectomies; if he has examined treatment abroad options for children requiring kyphectomies; his plans to address service deficits in this area; if he has sought for the Health Service Executive or Children's Health Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to rural GP and local health care services; to report on his engagements with his Department and Health Service Executive officials and an organisation (details supplied) regarding the development of a directly employed GP contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 120. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 121. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 122. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9421/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 123. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the Board of Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 124. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chief executive officer of Children’s Health Ireland since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 125. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the chair of the Board of the Health Service Executive in relation to children’s health services since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: Last week, we had a debate in this Chamber on the need for improved services for children with scoliosis and spina bifida. During the course of that debate and in the lead-up to it, I met many of their parents and the children themselves and heard many heartbreaking stories. Today, we are talking about young children and young adults who have mental health difficulties and challenges and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by type, at each Children’s Health Ireland location in each January in each of the years 2012 to ]2024, in tabular form. [8705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts attached to each critical care bed at each location within Children’s Health Ireland in each January in each of the years 2012 to 2024, by staff grade, in tabular form; and the number of vacancies at each point. [8706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 490. To ask the Minister for Health the status of naming the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2024)

David Cullinane: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from hospital waiting lists through validation processes for each year 2019 to 2023, by reason for removal, in tabular form. [8822/24]