David Cullinane

387. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8725/25]

388. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Pharmacy and Prescribing) Bill; when the Bill will be published; when she expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8726/25]

135. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure funding for dietetic services for adult disability services in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6974/25]

136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address staffing deficits in children’s disability network teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6973/25]

890. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding and staff allocated to National Ambulance Service emerging threat units; the number of units which were recommended to be established; the number in place; the plans for expanding these teams in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7559/25]

891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who were paid the advanced paramedic allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of intended recipients in 2025; and the number of new recipients in 2024 and 2025. [7560/25]

892. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who qualify for the advanced paramedic allowance who are currently employed by the National Ambulance Service but who are not in receipt of the allowance; if there are paramedics qualified to receive the allowance but are not in receipt of the allowance, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7561/25]

893. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will mandate the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to engage with unions and workers on resolving a dispute relating to the application of benefit-in-kind on the use of NAS vehicles off-roster, such as for voluntary first response; if she will ensure that where paramedics are using NAS vehicles in their own time to respond, following a request from the NAS, to local incidents as first responders, that such paramedics are not penalised financially for volunteering to save lives because of their use of NAS vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7562/25]

917. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date (active list) for surgery on the CHI spinal surgery waiting lists at the end of 2024. [7707/25]

918. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the target of no more than 20 children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date with CHI spinal surgery was not achieved at the end of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7708/25]

953. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and each hospital, for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [8017/25]

337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of adult inpatient hospital beds, excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds, in Model 3 and Model 4 Hospitals only, on a population basis in each of the six HSE health regions; and the projected number of adult inpatient hospital beds (excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds) on a population basis in model 3 and model 4 hospitals only in each of the six HSE Regions in 2031, assuming all promised additional adult inpatient beds committed to in the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024-2031 are delivered, to include reference to the population figures used for each health region in 2024 and 2031 (details supplied). [6876/25]

338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that have been approved by the HSE consultant applications advisory committee (CAAC) for model 3 and model 4 hospitals in each of the six HSE health regions in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of consultant posts that are currently awaiting formal approval by the HSE CAAC, broken down by HSE health region; and the reason so few consultant posts have been approved for hospitals in the HSE mid west region over these periods. [6877/25]

194. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children’s disability network teams which are in place; the number yet to be established; the recommended, approved and actual staffing composition of each team; the number of unfilled or vacant posts per team; and the number of posts for which the employee is on leave, maternity or otherwise, where the post is not filled by an appointment, temporary or otherwise, in tabular form. [6666/25]

786. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at the National Ambulance Service suspended with pay, by the year the suspension started, in tabular form; and the number suspended with pay where the length of suspension was longer than six months, one year, and two years. [5987/25]

820. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the total annual medicines budget for each year from 2020 to 2024. [6304/25]

821. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the breakdown of actual spending within the medicines budget from 2020 to 2024, distinguishing between off-patent medicines, including generic and biosimilar medicines and new or originator medicines; and to provide an estimate of the total savings generated for the State by the off-patent medicines industry during the same period, specifically those resulting from the launch of generic or biosimilar medicines following the expiration of originator patents. [6305/25]

48. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach the progress and current status of the Covid-19 evaluation; and when a point of contact will be established for the public. [3968/25]

188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty that was paid on alcohol in each year from 2014 to 2024; and the percentage of this excise duty as a total of the tax taken in by the State in each of those years, by excise duty per year, and as a percentage of the overall tax take, in tabular form. [3990/25]

425. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls made to An Garda Síochána, by month and by year, from 2016 to 2024, that would fall under the heading of 'domestic violence', in tabular form. [3988/25]

426. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by gardaí on licensed premises in the on-trade, to ensure full compliance with alcohol licensing legislation and the number of prosecutions brought in relation to the licence breaches (details supplied), from 2014 to 2024, by year, by county, and in tabular form. [3989/25]

565. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1200 of 22 January 2025, the date on which the relevant posts entered maternity leave, in tabular form; the date on which maternity cover was first advertised; and the timeframe for the filling of posts. [4677/25]

688. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of agency blitz days carried out in 2024 and the date by each hospital, in tabular form; the number of sessions involved; the number of staff involved; the throughput per session, by activity type; the cost per activity type and the total costs by activity type and by hospital; and the associated accommodation, travel, and subsistence costs and the number of nights and staff to which these relate. [4680/25]

450. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the findings of any reports commissioned by, or otherwise furnished to, her or her Department regarding defects at a school (details supplied); the details of such reports; whether any investigations have been carried out relating to such matters; the action taken to date; further actions planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2715/25]

1007. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-to 2024, and in January 2025, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3511/25]