David Cullinane

1948. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is GP discretion in charging a fee for an initial consultation for an expectant mother to apply for the maternity and infant care scheme; if a GP is obliged under the terms of the scheme to provide such an appointment under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59328/25]

218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE issued a formal S53 Notice to the LDA regarding the Baggot Street Hospital Site in Dublin; if any relevant State bodies formally declined in writing or in any other way to take the property for housing; if there is a public record by way of emails, minutes, memos, written or electronic correspondence of discussions between the HSE, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the LDA on this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57579/25]

675. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the terms of AIM funding to facilitate appropriate backpay for retention of relevant qualified staff following the successful receipt of advanced levels of AIM support; if she will review the possibility of reimbursing a service provider for additional costs incurred due to exceptional circumstances and delays in securing further AIM funding, including critical infrastructural requirements directly related to the well-being of the children attending the service (details supplied). [56590/25]

676. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average time to decision in AIM funding applications, by funding level, for each year 2021-2025 to date, in tabular form. [56591/25]

752. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all measures contained in new funding in Budget 2026, in tabular form. [56607/25]

753. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total existing levels of service provision in Budget 2026. [56608/25]

754. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of expansion of services funding in Budget 2026 by subhead, separating existing levels of service funding from new measures funding, in tabular form. [56609/25]

755. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of all new measures of funding in Budget 2026, broken down by line item, excluding any existing levels of service funding. [56610/25]

756. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Nayagam risk assessment and review; if she will commit to its full publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56613/25]

812. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital, by grade; the current vacancies which exist in this service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57006/25]

813. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting neurosurgery at the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital; the types of surgeries being awaited and the number of patients that are awaiting these individual surgeries; the current wait times for patients to receive neurosurgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57007/25]

227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding sources available to foodbanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55752/25]

295. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the components of the remuneration packages which are given to senior public servants at the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [55630/25]

153. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [55263/25]

154. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will next meet. [55264/25]

868. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on services from the association of ambulance chief executives, by the National Ambulance Service and the HSE, for 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [54975/25]

889. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are in receipt of the allowance for advanced paramedics, broken down by grades director, assistant director, other senior management and other grades, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55280/25]

890. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are in receipt of the allowance for advanced paramedics but who are not practicing advanced paramedics, broken down by grades director, assistant director, other senior management, and other grades, in tabular form. [55281/25]

891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have sought but not received the allowance for advance paramedics to date in 2025 [55282/25]

76. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will consider an independent public inquiry into scandals at Children’s Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52528/25]

78. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that sufficient capital funding has been provided for in the national development plan to deliver elective centres, 3,000 additional acute inpatient beds, digital transformation, and the entirety of health infrastructure commitments made by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52529/25]

92. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the handover date for the new children’s hospital; if there is a compliant programme of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52531/25]

101. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her intentions regarding the provision of comprehensive endometriosis services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52532/25]

141. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to reduce premature mortality among men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52533/25]

155. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has ensured a permanent solution to the helicopter emergency medical services crewing model safety concerns raised by paramedics who resigned from the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52534/25]