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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: 981. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of a national vaccine registry and the planned national immunisation information system; if a national registry will be in place to collect information on Covid-19 immunisation in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13496/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: How much time do I have?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Excellent. We could be here all evening. I thank Dr. McQuinn for his presentation. My salutations will be brief to save time, but that was interesting. I will start at the end because I am excited about the points regarding the fiscal rules. There was a suggestion in the presentation that, in the context of Ireland if the situation goes well, state aid could be reviewed. Is that a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: As a layman, that struck me at a more basic level. I am glad, given how the EU's response to the crash and, now, its response to the vaccine roll-out, have left us all underwhelmed. The EU needs to do something symbolic and significant, given that we are all suffering and in this together. I will ask some quick-fire questions. When will the economy emerge fully from Covid? What is the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Dr. McQuinn mentioned an unemployment rate of 10%, which would be five percentage points higher than the January 2020 figure. What will comprise those five points? Who will not get their jobs back?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: I am asking Dr. McQuinn to gaze into a crystal ball and that is difficult. He went on to talk about the non-viable industries in the context of the 10% unemployment rate. What does the ESRI envisage emerging as non-viable industries? Dr. McQuinn talked about the consequences of long-term unemployment for the State payments. Marrying those issues together, namely, the long-term...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Dr. McQuinn is almost afraid to name those sectors.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: In the brief time I have remaining, I will fire some questions at Dr. McQuinn. My first question might feed in to those asked by other members, so I do not expect him to answer in full now. One of the consequences we expected from Brexit was that the UK could become very competitive in respect of corporation tax, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has indicated the opposite....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Even for the large multinationals?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: I really enjoyed this session. Returning to the shared equity scheme, I am critical of it and share the ESRI's concerns. We are teasing it out from every angle in my own parliamentary party. I understand the ESRI's concerns. I have seen what has happened internationally. The witnesses will have read the steps the Minister is seeking to take maybe to try to obviate its worst effects. ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: That is really useful. I wish to press the officials further on the EU Commission report. Could they save the committee a little work and have one of the team forward the salient aspects of that to the committee?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: That would be useful. My second question relates to capital investment. It is close to home for many people. It relates to further extensions and expansions of MetroLink. That would be a major issue for parts of Dublin. Then everyone would have their project. There is nothing wrong with these projects. I will not hold the ESRI to the specific MetroLink I have in mind, but is that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: I thank the chief executive officer, Mr. Reid, and his team for their public service. I can imagine that there is pressure and more pressure from the beginning of every day to the end. For our part, I express an appreciation of how Mr. Reid, his team and the wider HSE organisation have operated in this pressurised environment. There is no indication that pressure is going to let up. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: That is enough for me. Mr. Reid might also be able to answer this genuine question on the figures for me. The number of people referred to in Mr. Reid's previous answer is a huge jump. The census in 2016 estimated that there were just over 32,000 people aged 65 years old and over in what are called communal establishments, of which almost 23,000 were in nursing homes and the remaining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Okay, so the figure then is about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: It might be helpful if-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Yes, it would be helpful if that breakdown could be supplied. There have been reports about the vaccination programme, and this process has been frustrating for everybody, with peaks and troughs. Mr. Reid will appreciate that several anticipated game changers to date have fallen short. The latest good news story relates to an anticipated game changer, namely, the Johnson & Johnson...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: Over what period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: It is to be hoped there will be 600,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines supplied in quarter 2.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive (9 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: It is a single jab.