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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: We will not quarrel in public; we can deal with that matter later. I will proceed. I welcome the two witnesses and thank them and the teams behind them for their work. I send my best wishes to those teams and commend them for the work they have done. I will put my questions distinctly and I know that our witnesses are experienced and will respond equally distinctly. This is our first...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: It was in the early days of March.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: On 10 March, on Dr. Holohan's advice, the blanket restrictions were lifted and that advice was given to nursing homes. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: On 10 March, the advice was that there should not be restrictions because they were too restrictive. Is Dr. Holohan saying that advice was given in broad terms?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Was advice given to nursing homes? Was there any communication between Dr. Holohan's office and Nursing Homes Ireland on any of that?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: There is disagreement as to whether that was an instruction or advice from Dr. Holohan, however it was presented in the public domain.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Dr. Holohan may have a particular view of it. I think it was three days later, on 13 March, that the visiting ban was imposed, or reimposed. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: How many clusters of infection do we now have in nursing homes? How many clusters have been identified in nursing homes and residential settings? It is in the hundreds, is it not?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: We can all accept that is very high.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Dr. Holohan can forward that information.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I want to put a follow-up question to Mr. Breslin.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Holohan.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I want to put a question to Mr. Breslin. There was correspondence between NHI and his Department around that time. We have heard from the NHI that it sought meetings with the Minister or officials. If there was correspondence between the NHI, Mr. Breslin's office and the Minister, what was the nature of that? Can he share that correspondence with us? The NHI will come before the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Is it not also true that it had appealed for specific guidance on what to do in nursing homes and how they should respond to this crisis, predicted that nursing homes would experience severe staff shortages, and raised concerns about PPE?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: At the time, they were not clear about the position because they were looking for specific guidelines.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I ask that all correspondence related to NHI, the Department, Dr. Holohan's office and the HSE be forwarded to this committee in advance of next week's sitting if that is possible.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I am taking time from Deputy Pearse Doherty so I will have ten minutes. I welcome our witnesses and commend them on the work they are doing, and for the collaborative effort of the CIF, the trade union movement, the HSA and others to get the protocols in place in the first instance. That needs to be noted and the people involved should be commended on it. We all accept that there is a...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: For example, how many inspectors will be in the south east?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: How many counties are covered by those eight inspectors?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: That does not strike me as adequate. Dr. McGuinness said there are two teams in Dublin and other regional teams. When one starts to break down the figure of 67, it does not appear to be anywhere near enough. Can Dr. McGuinness move on to the next question I asked? She said that the number of 67 inspectors will be increased. How will it be increased? Will it be through additional...