David Cullinane

Intent: Rental policy explicitly supports a balanced mix of housing supply, including tourism accommodation.Minimum tenancy periods be reviewed, with a three-year security model considered as a workable alternative.The cumulative impact of rental reforms and the short-term letting register be assessed together, particularly for tourism-dependent regions.Housing, tourism, planning and enterprise policies be developed in alignment, with regional flexibility built in.

Details: Submission on Government Reforms to the Rental Sector

Intent: A ban on fox hunting in Ireland

Details: Asked TD’s to support a bill proposed by Deputy Ruth Coppinger, PBP, to ban fox hunting in Ireland

Intent: To secure meetings with Oireachtas members to highlight the role of insourcing and its contribution in reducing waiting lists.

Details: Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.

Intent: That HIQA be brought before the Health Committee

Details: Failures in care of older people in long term residential care

Intent: To find out when paediatric bone marrow transplant services will return in CHI at Crumlin.

Details: To ask TDs to submit a parliamentary question on the lack of paediatric bone marrow transplant currently available in Ireland

Intent: For the Deputies to submit questions and get further information on status of services in several hospitals across Ireland

Details: Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions on the status of epilepsy services in their local hospitals.

Intent: For the Deputies to submit PQs to gain further information on funding, waiting lists, capacity, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit wait times etc.

Details: Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions related to Ireland's Neurosurgery service

Intent: To raise the profile of rare disease policy amongst Irish political stakeholders & seek updates on a range of rare disease policy matters.

Details: Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

Intent: That only professions who have statutory regulation should be designated as Mental Health Professions.The provisions under Part 3 Chapter 3 - Consent to Treatment (Involuntary Admissions) of the Bill, should be deleted. The criteria for involuntary admission and treatment should be the same and thus the admission order should become an admission and treatment order. That Risk criteria in Section 12 (1) (a) should be removed. ::the requirement for a psychosocial assessment should be removed from Section 22 and Sections 37. Sections 179 & 181 regarding regulations of care plans should be removed from the legislation. The Mental Health Commission instead should be tasked with developing clinical guidelines based on international best evidence. the act should establish a 24 hour Administration office under the HSE that is responsible for adminstrative functions.::When inspecting Mental Health Services, the Mental Health Commission should assess the budget allocation received by that ser

Details: Mental Health Bill

Intent: An updated EU pharmaceutical regulatory package that supports the internal market in pharmaceuticals and does not undermine parallel imports of medicines and thereby patient access to medicines.

Details: Representation to the Dept. of Health and public representatives on EU Pharmaceutical package.