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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: How many companies are we talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: Okay. I am looking at the agency spending. First of all, does Mr. Gloster accept we have a problem here where we have gone from €349 million in 2019 to €734 million in 2024?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gloster has been very clear, but the problem is it has still gone in the wrong direction. In 2023, it was €647 million and then it increased to €734 million in 2024.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: I suggest we have a lot more to do. The figures are alarming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: I accept that. If we come back to insourcing----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: It is, and it is the shame in relation to accountability. I want to come back to the productivity and savings task force that was established. I read all the reports the body has published and nowhere do I see insourcing. How is it that the productivity and savings task force completely missed this issue of insourcing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: I know, but Mr. Gloster said in his opening statement that there were links between productivity and dependency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: I am not sure if it is the NTPF or Mr. Gloster that would have the answer to this question. It has to do with outpatient clinics in CHI Crumlin over the past number of years. In 2015, a total of 51 were conducted on a Saturday. In 2024, the figure was 1,426. How in God's name could it have gone from 51 to 1,426?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: Insourcing as well?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (2 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 11 February 2025, 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.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36282/25]

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: We have a long way to go, although I acknowledge the work the Minister of State has done in the area of additional classes.

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: I welcome the review report. I also want to take the opportunity to thank the Minister of State for the work done to provide additional special classes in County Waterford. We had a number of debates in the House over the last number of months and the Minister of State committed to improving services. It has to be said, additional classes were made available. That was a very important...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 633. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of service statements issued by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35344/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 634. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [35345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 635. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the number completed with a service statement. [35346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the details and dates of correspondence received from the HSE or Children’s Health Ireland regarding a report (details supplied); and if she will provide Dáil Éireann or the Committee on Health with a copy of the report. [35198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a report (details supplied); whether she has sought or received this report from Children’s Health Ireland; and if she will provide Dáil Éireann or the Committee on Health with a copy of the report. [35199/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the supports she has put in place for the hundreds of patients who were negatively impacted by the closure of a practice (details supplied); if she has ensured they will receive treatment; if she has ensured that they will receive repayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (1 Jul 2025)

David Cullinane: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1 million home support hours. [35355/25]