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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I know that. All of that information is to hand. Mr. Reid does not have the figures. Can the figures in respect of last week be conveyed to the committee as quickly as possible?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: What does the 500-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: In how many centres?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Okay. There is another speaker after me. I have to ask one question. Could I follow up with a final question?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I note that Dr. Henry and Dr. Cuddihy attended NPHET meetings via video conferencing on 7 and 17 August. Following those meetings, a letter from the Chief Medical Officer to the Minister for Health recommended that NPHET agree the interim recommendations of the investigation into a series of outbreaks of Covid-19 in meat processing plants. Could the HSE speakers indicate the reason that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It was the interim recommendations relating to the investigation.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Can Dr. Henry indicate why the recommendations from NPHET had to be conveyed to the Minister for Health twice in ten days?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am finished. Deputy O'Reilly still has to come in.

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: In my previous life not so long ago, although it seems like an awfully long time, I was in the European Parliament where the issue of Brexit and the concerns around a no-deal Brexit took up significant amount of our time and deliberations. During all those debates, I could not think of a worse prospect for our country than a no-deal Brexit scenario. Little could I have imagined that we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: This correspondence, dated 20 December 2019, outlines the practice this committee had previously highlighted whereby university staff need to make a claim to get paid holidays, which seems to be unusual. I suggest that we get a sense of any cost associated with that. Considering the length of time since that correspondence, we need to get clarification from the university as to whether it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Citizens have a right to liaise with Departments and statutory bodies through our native language if they so wish. I am simply requesting that we get an update on the position, not just in respect of Irish language posts specifically but also appointments where the successful applicant would be deemed to have a knowledge of the Irish language so we can get a sense of where we stand in terms...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Under the Disability Act, each Department has a responsibility to employ 2%-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----of people with disabilities within the ranks. People have been very fluid with what they deem to be a disability in that regard in order to fulfil the criteria. It is a separate, but important, question.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Members will recall this case and the severity of it and it would be appropriate that this committee is proactive in ensuring the answers in relation to the commission of investigation are made public as soon as possible. There is a huge public interest element in this and we need to ensure this committee is seen to hold to account those who need to be held to account and that answers are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Everybody who has seen this correspondence, in particular first-time members of this committee, would have been struck by the audacity of the suggestion to the Committee of Public Accounts that within four years the HSE will resolve an issue that was highlighted over a decade ago. One cannot help but be mindful of those organisations, including local disability organisations, that are put...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Members will recall the debacle on the misspending of EU funds for training purposes at the Garda College. The correspondence that the Garda Ombudsman sent to the committee on 20 January 2020 indicated that the investigation was at an advanced stage and should conclude in the near future. Recent media reports suggest that a retired Garda who, apparently, was subject to this cannot...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: If I recall correctly, and obviously I was not a member of the committee, but the Garda and-or the Department indicated that they would not fulfil the financial element of their examinations entirely until GSOC had completed its report. That is why the committee had contacted GSOC for an update in the first instance. Considering they said in January that they were at a latter stage of their...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I wish to withdraw my request in this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: People might argue that it is not a huge amount of money in the overall scheme of things, but it is €25,000 of public money. The employment of media monitoring services by Departments is a bugbear of mine. In addition to its in-house press operations, the Department is asking a private company essentially to monitor the media. The public deserve to know the exact service that is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is a €25,000 contract with a limited supplier. The justification given in the response from the Department of Education and Skills is that there is a restricted market for this service. I would argue that a couple of transition year students would be able to let it know what the newspapers are reporting or what is on other media. Apparently, the Department of Justice and Equality...