Waterford — week of Mon, 29 Mar

What your Waterford TDs did this week

Mon, 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 54 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-03-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 27–18

Voted for 1 Marc Ó Cathasaigh

Voted against 2 David Cullinane · Matt Shanahan

Did not vote 3 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins · Mary Butler

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 1 vote · 44 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 44 total

Health 42 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if administration, budgetary responsibilities or functions will be or have been transferred from him to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if administration or budgetary responsibilities or functions relating to the Disability Act 2005 have or will be transferred. [16330/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding delivered for and relating to disability services and matters under Vote 38 has or will be transferred to and administered by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; if there are plans for such a transfer; if these funds will be transferred to Vote 40 in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the service level agreements which the HSE is currently party to by organisation type, that is, private provider, section 39 organisation and so on; the annual cost of each agreement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16391/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agreements made to deliver mass vaccination centres; the details of the cost, timeframe of agreement and options and conditions for extensions for each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of his plans to implement a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16495/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the implementation of a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to ensure timely implementation of a report issued by an organisation (details supplied) in October 2011 with a series of recommendations on vaginal birth after caesarean birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16497/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reasoning that led to the termination of the gender identity adolescent service in Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16525/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the engagement he has had and the plans he has considered to provide access to the gender identity adolescent service at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation and the progress made to improve access to healthcare under the LGBTI+ national youth strategy, the national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy and the HSE Final Report of the Steering Committee on the Development of HSE Transgender Identity Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 3 February 2021, the estimated population size as per departmental and NIAC documentation of each of the provisional vaccine allocation groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16642/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the terms of agreements made with a group (details supplied) and any other agreements made under the provisions of the Health (Amendment) Act 2021; the cost of same per agreement or cost item; the maximum agreed cost; the terms of renewal; the terms of a break in contract; the length of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16673/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if medical information and utilisation data is kept on a central register in the context of the medical cannabis access programme; if clinical patient research is facilitated and recorded; if further amendments to primary legislation are required to further enable this process; if such legislation, if required, is being prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17218/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains a register to facilitate the enrolment and recording of certain data, including patient identifiers prescribers enrolled in the programme and prescribed and supplied medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17219/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the medical cannabis access programme and other medical cannabis, including international studies data, is analysed currently and since the 2017 Health Products Regulatory Authority report; the findings made by the analysis to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17220/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his Department is actively seeking data for assessment by itself, the Health Products Regulatory Authority or any other body, from prospective suppliers of medical cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority is actively seeking data for assessment from prospective suppliers of medical cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17222/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is actively seeking data for assessment from prospective suppliers of medical cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17223/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications to positions in the HSE relating to the medical cannabis access programme due by the end of February 2021; the breakdown by position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17224/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the addition of conditions to schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017, SI No. 173 of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17225/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of controlled drug licences currently issued for products specified in schedule 2 of SI No. 173 of 2017; if he is considering the addition of licences or the licensing of further products; the number of licences issued for import, supply and possession of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17226/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if in the context of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, service users will include persons who sought to access a termination but were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17227/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the conclusions of the HSE investigation into a reported data breach in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine database; if this has been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner; the type of investigation carried out by the HSE; if a data protection impact assessment has been conducted since the breach; the steps taken to protect persons’ data and privacy in relation to the breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17277/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have access to the Covid-19 vaccination database; the roles of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17278/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has instructed or requested the NIAC to evaluate family carers with regard to the ethical principles for the vaccine roll-out considering their role as health and social care providers as per the national carers strategy and their place in the provisional allocation groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17279/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the GMHS based at the Meath primary care centre will fully resume; his plans for expanding this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17298/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider opening additional sexual health centres nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17299/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to resume the blood donation for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men; if the 12 months deferral period will be changed to an individual risk-based assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17300/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a change to the one-year deferral policy on blood donations for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17301/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of maternity restrictions in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; his plans to allow birthing partners to attend scans and births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to ease the restrictions in relation to maternity visitation including the appointments for a scan in which the mother can have a parent, partner or supporting visitor attend with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which visitors are not allowed to attend the 20-week pregnancy scan; and the number of hospitals in which visitors are allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of qualified surgeons with the competency to perform full and safe removal of mesh implants; the hospitals they are attached to; the types of mesh implants they can remove; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17395/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a surgery (details supplied) is expected to receive a vaccine delivery; the reason for the delay; when this surgery will start vaccination of people over 70 years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17402/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants for test and trace positions currently on a panel; the status of same on the panels in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17462/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed in Covid-19 testing and tracing by occupation; the number of dedicated staff in comparison to those who have been redeployed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17463/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff ready to begin work in testing and tracing but who have yet to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17464/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who were taken on board for testing and for tracing but who have since left the job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 11 March 2021, the status of the staffing composition proposed for each of the mass vaccination centres; the targets for each; the numbers hired for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17475/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the school immunisation programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/21]
- 2021-04-01 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when members of the Traveller community with underlying conditions will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach the terms of reference for the all-island healthcare research study that he stated in the media (details supplied) he had commissioned from the ESRI. [17508/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-03-31 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number and value of fines by type or grounds issued in 2020 under the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Health (Amendment) Act 2020 and consequent regulations in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16393/21]

John Cummins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.