David Cullinane

869. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms by which the National Treatment Purchase Fund are accountable to the Minister and to the Oireachtas; if she intends to ensure that the National Treatment Purchase Fund is directly accountable to the Oireachtas and Oireachtas Committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32437/25]

889. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she was made aware of any reports which cited concerns regarding sub-optimal care for children with spina bifida at CHI Crumlin; if she will name the report; if she will ensure that the children are identified and parents notified of the findings of such a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32580/25]

890. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a CHI oncology risk assessment completed on 27 August 2021 identified concerns in the oncology general surgery service at CHI; the risk score outlined in the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32581/25]

891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any insourcing agreement with the NTPF and urology clinics at CHI did not adhere to a memorandum of understanding as set out by the NTPF; the dates of the clinics and the number of patients seen at each clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32582/25]

892. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she was provided with any reports which cited a toxic and siloed culture at CHI; the date she received such a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32583/25]

900. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the NTPF suspending all insourcing work with a public hospital since 11 April 2025; the name of the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32618/25]

516. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Access to Care fund from 2021 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by amount allocated to each hospital, public and private each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31457/25]

517. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants paid in bands (details supplied) on an annual basis from the access to care fund from 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31458/25]

518. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the work and remit of the HSE Access Programme team; the number of staff employed in the team, the total salary cost of the team since its inception, broken down by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31459/25]

519. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a framework is in place regarding contractual and pricing agreements on funding programmes under the Access to Care funds; if she will publish any such frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31460/25]

520. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date and the mechanism by which she received a report from CHI into concerns regarding NTPF funding at CHI hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31461/25]

521. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to reduce dependency on insourcing and outsourcing care to reduce waiting lists; if a multi-annual plan exists to achieve same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31462/25]

522. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31463/25]

523. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps the CEO of the HSE has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31464/25]

524. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has identified any potential perverse incentives in relation to the insourcing and outsourcing of care to manage waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31465/25]

525. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the head of the HSE has identified any potential perverse incentives in relation to the insourcing and outsourcing of care to manage waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31466/25]

526. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline any meetings she has held with the CEO of the HSE, the CEO of CHI and the Secretary General of her Department on the HIQA report into the use of non-medical grade springs on children attending CHI hospitals, on the audit into osteotomies on children attending CHI and on any reports into the use of NTPF funding at CHI; the dates of the meetings and minutes arising from any such meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31467/25]

527. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any CHI oncology risk assessments carried out at CHI; if she is taking any action following these risk assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31472/25]

528. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to of concerns regarding post surgical complications on children in oncology services at CHI; if she was made aware of instances of prolonged recoveries for children following complications; the numbers of children involved; if she is aware if the families of those children were notified of the reasons for the complications and prolonged recoveries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31473/25]

529. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to paediatric oncology patients at CHI having a poor experience or being harmed, due to the inability of CHI to deliver international best practice standards of paediatric surgical oncology provision; if so, the action she has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31474/25]

530. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a term called “orphan children” contained in any CHI report she has received; if she was identified the number of children this involves; if they are children with spina bifida; if these children were left without appropriate care; if she has asked CHI to notify the parents of these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31475/25]

531. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether a report into paediatric urology services in Ireland, with particular reference to spina bifida and neuropathic bladder, commonly known as the Dickson Report exists within CHI; if she has requested a copy; if she received a copy; if families of children referred to in the report have been notified of the contents of the report; if she will ensure families and advocates receive a copy of the report; if she will publish the report in the public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31476/25]

548. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for a list of recognised asthma centres that specialise in severe asthma that have and do not have a leading Advanced Nurse Practitioner in post. [31588/25]

549. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring an advanced nurse practitioner post at each recognised asthma centre that specialises in severe asthma. [31589/25]

550. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31590/25]