Results 21-40 of 41 for sligo speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Feb 2022)

David Cullinane: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for recruitment of two additional whole-time equivalent autism spectrum disorder therapist posts for the Sligo-South Donegal children's disability network team. [6062/22]

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: ...when our hospitals are already at capacity. As of yesterday evening,, there were only 83 open and available general beds in hospitals. Some nine hospitals, including Waterford, St. Vincent's, Sligo and Mayo, had none. Only three have more than five. Incredibly, in the 2022 budget not a single additional inpatient bed was provided or budgeted for over and above what was in place....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: ...there were widespread cancellations of elective surgeries in all the hospitals in the Saolta group, there were 614 patients on trolleys. There were 226 in Letterkenny, 169 in Galway and 104 in Sligo. I have very little time, but there are particular problems in this region and in this group. The question we are asking, and I have raised this directly with the Minister, Deputy Stephen...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of daycare services in north County Sligo; the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver daycare services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55267/21]

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (2 Nov 2021)

David Cullinane: ...to people on the front line, one finds that they are beyond exhaustion. I have never seen anything like it. When one looks at what is happening in hospitals in places around the country like Limerick, Sligo, Kerry and Galway, one sees that overcrowding is at record levels for this time of the year. The sheer volume of unscheduled care which is hitting those acute hospitals is forcing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: ...that can be treated in the community. Every hospital I have visited across the State has said that it has submitted a capital application for new beds in single-bed isolation units - 42 beds in Sligo, 98 in Limerick, 50 in Cork and the same in Galway and Laois - but that, apart from dealing with all of the other problems, there is no urgency to put capacity in place. That is why there...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: I have been in many hospitals in recent weeks. I have been in hospitals in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Laois, Sligo and many other places. I have met hospital management, campaigning groups and those on the front line and the figures are shocking. The length of time people are waiting is also a difficulty. I want to home in on the matter of children with scoliosis because a promise was...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

David Cullinane: ...are on some form of health waiting list, with 200,000 of those waiting for more than 18 months. Some 100,000 are children, with 31,000 children waiting more than 18 months. I visited hospitals in Sligo, Cork and Limerick in recent weeks. On Friday I will be in Galway. I am hearing the same story: emergency departments are overflowing, attendances have increased, and the trolley count...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 900. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant rheumatologist at Sligo University Hospital; the number of persons on the waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (28 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent reports and costings available to his Department with regard to the potential expansion of the Sligo to Dublin rail line to Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49481/19]

Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: ...the ground and drinking water, threatening public health and national biodiversity. We supported the Bill to ban fracking and we work with local community groups in counties Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Fermanagh on the issue. We do not support the Government's attempt to import fracked gas into the State. The previous speaker, from Fianna Fáil, spoke about consistency. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: ..., conflicts of interest and poor governance with information not being brought to the attention of the board and just poor decision making. It speaks for itself. We just discussed the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB, which has accepted its problems. It is trying to put in place improvements and is flagging issues to us, which is good. We should recognise and encourage that. We obviously...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I am sure there will be at least one question on Sligo IT.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: ...allow colleagues to come in and we have an afternoon session. I concur with Deputy Connolly when she rightly pointed out that Dr. McCormack's opening statement dealt conclusively with the issues. Sligo Institute of Technology was exemplary in how it responded to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. If other institutions behaved in the same manner, they would not have to spend...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: We have the education sector reports the Comptroller and Auditor General has prepared, namely the Limerick-Sligo report and the Waterford report. I propose that we deal with both on the same day if possible. I read the Limerick-Sligo report several times and found it shocking. I want to be careful how I put this to the Comptroller and Auditor General, but is it the case that the University...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: ...those reports are about, roughly? That would be helpful for us for today's meeting so that we do not deal with issues to which we are going to come back? Are there two separate reports, one for Sligo IT and one for UL, or is it a joint report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I know what the Waterford IT report is about but is the UL and Sligo IT report to do with issues raised by whistleblowers?

Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: ...and universities where very serious issues have emerged. These include the University of Limerick, Cork Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of technology, and institutions in Galway and Sligo. A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General will come out in respect of Limerick and Sligo with a separate report on Waterford. Some of these are issues that we raised. I remember...

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: ...of the Barrow navigation, the Erne system, the Grand Canal, the Lower Bann, the Royal Canal, the Shannon-Erne waterway and the Shannon navigation; — promote the development of ports that are of regional significance including Sligo, Killybegs and Galway; — encourage investment in regional airports, which while boosting the connectivity of peripheral regions would also...

Seanad: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 May 2014)

David Cullinane: ...that education has to be part of this and that we have to educate the adults as well the children. A very interesting survey was carried out last year among 243 transition year students at five County Sligo post-primary schools on their attitudes to skin cancer, sunbed use and tanning. The results were quite alarming. Of most concern is the belief among 73% of those surveyed that a...