Waterford — week of Mon, 22 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Waterford TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2021 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 99 questions · 9 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-03-25 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–79

Voted for 1 David Cullinane

Voted against 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 56–78

Voted for 1 David Cullinane

Voted against 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

The motion · motion passed 80–57

Voted for 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-03-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 55–83

Voted for 1 David Cullinane

Voted against 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–83

Voted for 1 David Cullinane

Voted against 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education

2021-03-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–56

Voted for 3 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler · Matt Shanahan

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Cullinane — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 86 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 86 total

Health 66 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for and details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the way in which he plans to collect evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16269/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when an assessment date for a primary medical certificate will issue for a person (details supplied). [13887/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the findings of the 2019 review on the governance structures in relation to the HSE drug reimbursement process by a company (details supplied); if he will publish the review in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13947/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a review of the terms of reference for the HSE rare diseases technology review committee is scheduled; if it will consider moving its process to earlier in the reimbursement pathway for medicines for rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13948/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the national screening advisory committee regarding its consideration of expanding the national newborn bloodspot screening programme to test for more rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if responsibilities and functions for disability services remain under his remit; if not, if these have been transferred to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; if these services are to be transferred, when this will occur; if, for budget purposes, disability spending remains under the health vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14343/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the criteria for upcoming vaccine administration positions will be revised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons allocated home help and home care packages by county and or allocated as per each local health office; the amount of funding drawn down in each county for these packages in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a home help and or home care package; the average length of wait for these services respectively nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14511/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help and or home care packages; the average length of time waiting across each local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14512/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the home first pilot schemes; the location of each; if the schemes are operational; if not, when they will be operational; the nature and operation of these pilot projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14513/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has discussed home first policy measures with other Departments such as the Departments of Justice, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and Enterprise, Trade and Employment on ways to increase and ensure that Ireland has a sufficient pool of qualified home carers to fulfil the home first policy in respect of home care in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14514/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14886/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to employ a full-time pain consultant for children with chronic pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by multidisciplinary teams over the past three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14943/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses and midwives; when the second review of the first report on pandemic pay will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims lodged with the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15095/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests from the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15096/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if antigen testing was included as a cost which could be reimbursed under the Covid-19 temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes; if these costs will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15098/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 3 June 2020, the status of recruitment for the CHI paediatric complex pain management service; the current staffing composition of the service; the funded staffing composition of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15108/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for the leasing of a CPAP machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15157/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average amount per person that was reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a CPAP machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15158/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the name of the companies that currently supply the HSE with CPAP machines; the name of companies that supplied CPAP machines to the HSE previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15159/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent in each of the years 2018 to 2020 by the HSE in reimbursing persons who were leasing CPAP machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15160/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current policy with regard to the reimbursement for purchase or rental of a CPAP machine; the cost of reimbursing a purchase; the annual average cost of reimbursing a rental; the average length of time a patient has been reimbursed for renting such a machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 contacts to date that were passed to and received from the health protection teams in Northern Ireland, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15162/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the exchange visits since 2017 between mesh removal surgeons here and colleagues in other jurisdictions; the itinerary followed; the hosts and participants; the observations of mesh removal operations; the training provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15168/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the legal costs incurred to date in the defence of medical negligence claims relating to mesh implants in circumstances in which the case has been settled and remains open, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence claims relating to the implantation of mesh implants in circumstances in which the HSE and-or its employees are named as defendants that have been received; the number of these claims that were settled; the settlement amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15170/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has investigated whether the use of mesh implants in the healthcare system is underpinned by a form of indemnity insurance provided by the Government to the manufacturer or provided by the manufacturer to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on the procurement of mesh implants by year since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women who were injured by mesh implantation and sent to a person (details supplied) to have complications treated. [15173/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women who had mesh devices implanted and have had organs such as bladders and bowels removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15174/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have been sent via referral systems to the University College London Hospital, NHS England for the full removal of transobturator mesh implants since 2017, by type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress regarding the full removal of mesh implants in Ireland; the progress regarding compensation for persons who have suffered as a result of mesh implants or partial and improper removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15176/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of i-ports for children with diabetes; if these costs are reimbursed; if not, if there are plans to add them to the long-term illness scheme or otherwise reimburse them; the estimated annual cost of reimbursing such products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if arrangements are in place to ensure that cross-Border workers who are resident here who require the Covid-19 vaccination to maintain employment in Northern Ireland are not penalised for the difference in speed of the roll-out between jurisdictions; the communication he has had with Government colleagues or the Executive in Northern Ireland on the matter; the Departments which would be responsible for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15182/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); the CervicalCheck screening process in this context; if HPV negative patients are examined or tested for abnormal cells; if not, the reason for this practice and the change in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15189/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a primary medical certificate. [15224/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 17 February 2021, the breakdown of capital submissions received, approved, under evaluation and not approved from acute hospitals and hospital groups since 2018 by hospital; and if a brief description and valuation of each proposed project will be provided. [15271/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting to receive omalizumab in Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available for Tallaght University Hospital in relation to omalizumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15277/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding medical negligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15278/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE national screening service will update its BreastCheck screening standard operating procedure guidelines to notify women regarding personal breast density to improve early cancer diagnosis and help prevent advanced disease through dissemination of information regarding this independent breast cancer risk factor; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15281/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will be completed and the statutory obligations of the HSE met in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15295/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the treatment of Lyme disease patients; the actions carried out in relation to diagnosis and treatment facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15330/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding available services to patients with Lyme disease; the reason these services are not covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15331/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of special schools whose staff have been vaccinated and their relationship with the HSE, HSE site or a group (details supplied) which is HSE funded; the reason staff at some special schools have been vaccinated but not others despite the staff facing the same behavioural challenges in students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15446/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if staff at special schools are considered as part of group 10 or group 11 for the purposes of the vaccine roll-out, given the particularly difficult challenges they face at work with an inability to maintain physical distancing and other protective measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15449/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding with his colleague in the Northern Ireland Executive; the status of the performance of same; the extent to which information and data on testing, tracing and inbound travellers has been shared under the Memorandum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15479/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of formal cross-Border healthcare provision, cooperation and integration; the services and locations in which this occurs, such as the paediatric congenital cardiac services in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin or in the North-West Cancer Centre, County Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the progressing disability services programme; the changes this will result in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if children with disabilities will still be able to access disability services based on the location they go to school as opposed to their home address under the progressing disability services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consult with parents whose children are affected by the changes under the progressing disability services programme to ensure that changes to children’s disability services do not worsen accessibility or convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to each cross-Border health and social care service for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15622/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy regarding vaccination of persons resident in hospices; the visiting restrictions imposed on such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15710/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the policy for vaccinating new residents of long-term residential care facilities who were not discharged from a clinical setting; the policy for vaccinating new residents of long-term residential care facilities who were discharged from a clinical setting; the timeline for vaccination; if they must be vaccinated ahead of residency at a long-term residential care facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15711/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if elderly persons having to travel distances to receive their vaccine will be eligible for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15817/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on Covid-19 testing and tracing in 2020; the amount budgeted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on Covid-19 testing and tracing in 2021 to date; the amount budgeted for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15844/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15845/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent funded, filled and vacant positions in testing and tracing; the basis on which they are filled as a percentage of full-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15847/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the ambulance service in the Dublin area; the effect of the improvements to date on the waiting times for ambulances; his plans to locate an additional ambulance base in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in the Dublin area; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/21]
Education 4 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if the commitments given to survivors of institutional abuse will be delivered on; and if payment for a procedure will issue (details supplied). [13890/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if capital funding is available for the development of a new building for an existing preschool; the means by which the preschool can apply for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15269/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by a school (details supplied); if the matter is dealt with by her Department or the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15270/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by her Department, agency and budget line item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16274/21]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses which were non-trading in March 2020 but began or were due to begin trading in 2020 or 2021 during the pandemic will qualify for the Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13884/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16271/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 24 February 2021, the way in which an importer can prove the origin of a used car as EU, UK or a third country and that under the rules of origin for a UK originating vehicle that the value of non-originating material in the production of a car does not exceed 45% of the ex-works price of a car; if he is satisfied that this requirement can be reasonably met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15846/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if discretion is provided for the provision of supporting medical evidence in all social welfare applications which require same given the Covid-19 situation and the impact on the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15282/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by her Department, agency and budget line item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16279/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16281/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/21]
Defence 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Defence the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15618/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by her Department, agency and budget line item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16272/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by his Department, agency and budget line item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/21]
Rural 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by her Department, agency and budget line item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16280/21]

New lobbying 2 returns

Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber · 2 returns Education and Training · Trade
- In relation to the new technological University destined for the South East (TUSE) , D&WW Chamber requests the following • Main Campus to be located in Waterford City • Administrative and Management Headquarters to be based in Waterford City • Two thirds of the new Board of TUSE be Waterford representatives, the other third being made up by Carlow, to represent the current size of the institutes. • Commitment of investment to reflect these requests.
- Reintroduction of click and collect services. Defined plan for reopening. An urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis Further restart grants and extended financial supports to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic to trade effectively once restrictions are lifted

John Cummins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber Education and Training
- In relation to the new technological University destined for the South East (TUSE) , D&WW Chamber requests the following • Main Campus to be located in Waterford City • Administrative and Management Headquarters to be based in Waterford City • Two thirds of the new Board of TUSE be Waterford representatives, the other third being made up by Carlow, to represent the current size of the institutes. • Commitment of investment to reflect these requests.

Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber · 2 returns Education and Training · Trade
- In relation to the new technological University destined for the South East (TUSE) , D&WW Chamber requests the following • Main Campus to be located in Waterford City • Administrative and Management Headquarters to be based in Waterford City • Two thirds of the new Board of TUSE be Waterford representatives, the other third being made up by Carlow, to represent the current size of the institutes. • Commitment of investment to reflect these requests.
- Reintroduction of click and collect services. Defined plan for reopening. An urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis Further restart grants and extended financial supports to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic to trade effectively once restrictions are lifted