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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Will the duties of the 800 contact tracers when they are employed exclusively focus on tracing? Do they have any other duties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I do not think that we used the period when the virus had been suppressed successfully. That is just an observation I am making and I do not need the witnesses to go into it. However, I am very concerned that we use the current period really well to prepare for and anticipate a third surge. I assume the witnesses are likewise anticipating a third wave of infections. My next question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I am not sure whether Dr. Kelleher can hear me properly and I do not meant to sound abrupt. I am sorry if I seem rude, which is not my intention, but we are very restricted as to time. The HSE has a five-week window to get this right. Rather than giving a long narrative, will Dr. Kelleher say whether he thinks we will be in a place, in five weeks' time, to improve the tracking part of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: That is why I am asking about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: The witnesses might keep the committee abreast of developments in this regard because it is a really important aspect of the effort to contain the virus. I have a brief question in regard to air travel. I do not think the airlines and airport authorities ever anticipated that the HSE or public health unit would cover the cost of operating, or take responsibility for operating, testing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I appreciate that effort and I particularly appreciate that any measures will not impose an undue burden on the public health system. I thank the witnesses for their answers and apologise for bamboozling them with questions. My final question is to ask them if they can characterise the nature of some of the difficult calls that have had to be dealt with by tracers.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: A speech could be very brief today based on the previous contributions, which submitted that the Government is responsible for absolutely everything, even for the pandemic itself. I, along with a few others, but not everybody, attended the briefing given by the Minister's officials yesterday on what Jonathan Swift would have called modest proposals, yet we have heard today a litany of...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: It is at 6.45 p.m. There are other people who wish to speak.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: There is an amendment before the House which has to be disposed of first. We have to go through the procedures.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Will the Deputy speak to the amendment?

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I call on the Minister. I am sorry; I did not see Deputy Harkin up in the gods.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care and ICU nurses employed across the health system prior to Covid-19; the number of new nurses trained with the specific skills required for critical care and ICU have been employed since Covid-19; the number in training; and the plans there are in place to train more. [32192/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent ICU beds there were across the health system prior to Covid-19; the number of permanent beds there are now; and the plans there are in place to provide additional ICU beds. [32193/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (22 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of ICU staff and beds cross the public and private health hospital system [32194/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: The problem with the experience of abuse from the perspective of those who have been abused is that when it happens - I refer specifically to the experience of the women in the mother and baby homes – it appears that there is a tolerance level for it and that it is tolerated by the institution in which it happens. Clearly, it was tolerated with a few notable, kindly exceptions. That...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with a bank (details supplied) to prevent job losses and a loss of competition to the banking market here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: 244. To ask the Minister for Health when the threshold for medical cards will be raised as committed to in budget 2020 in order that persons can apply for same [31942/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I agree with Deputy Cullinane. It is the context in which one phrases it. If one married it with what Deputy Durkan said, namely, acknowledged the severe pressure they are under, the number of tests undertaken and how it has been wrapped up, it is appropriate the health committee invites them in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: Yes, but I would like, if it were possible, for a full briefing document in advance. Given this six-week period we are going through, it is, to quote a radio anchor yesterday, an opportunity for the State to get its house in order in respect of some of the areas of Covid in order that we come out of this six weeks with a plan or some kind of learnings which we can bring forward to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Some of the questions I wished to ask have been asked, so I will not repeat them. There are some specific questions. My party is due to have a parliamentary party meeting tonight. I will raise points made specifically with regard to student nurses with the Taoiseach and Minister and see why that is the case given the circumstances in which the...