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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps between the HSE and Department we could get an exact figure in respect of the 84 centres. Can the Department state how many deep cleans have been carried out in the 84 centres?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Okay. None is the answer. I refer to risk assessment, a matter Deputy Daly did not have time to discuss. Was a risk assessment carried out by the HSE or the Department prior to 16 or 18 March when residents were moved to Cahersiveen? Have risk assessments been carried out in all centres in respect of the Covid-19 outbreak and what it might mean?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Wilson. Is it correct to say that the principle of the risk assessment is self-assessment by the management of each centre as opposed to an independent risk assessment being carried out by the HSE or another body?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Let us take, for example, the centre at Cahersiveen or any new centres or location that the Department of Justice and Equality is examining. Before anyone is moved to a centre, is there a process by which there is an assessment carried out with a view to Covid-19?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Could the Department officials answer the question in respect of Cahersiveen? Before people were moved to Cahersiveen was a risk assessment carried out with a view specifically to Covid-19?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I note that some 25 men from Cahersiveen - I could be wrong on the figure - were moved to Cork and then four were moved to other locations. Were tests carried out on the individuals moved prior to transfer?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Only people who had already tested positive were being moved. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Are other transfers taking place? I gather from Ms Buckley's earlier response that there are some limited transfers taking place. Is there a practice of tests being carried out before the transfers take place?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Is there a practice of when people are moving from one place to another, especially if they are moving into a new centre, that they have either gone through a period of quarantine or been tested prior to being located in one of those centres?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I want to clarify that I was not suggesting it would be random. I am suggesting that if somebody is to move into a congregated setting, perhaps it should be examined whether he or she has been tested beforehand. I heard what Ms Buckley said about the Department's objections to asylum seekers being treated differently. I would argue that asylum seekers are being treated very differently in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: How many non-family members share toilet facilities with one another?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Ms Buckley not have a number?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Would the latter include shower and washing facilities?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Ms Buckley get that there would be a problem there in the event of an outbreak of Covid-19?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I would argue that it needs to do more than change. It needs to be radically reformed because it is broken. Again, that is not a reflection on the people with whom Ms Buckley works, who are doing hard work under very difficult circumstances. Ms Buckley referred a number of times to the Catherine Day report and the analysis that has been carried out. Can she tell me offhand whether that...

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I had to do so because of the social distancing rules being applied here.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Not at all. I am interested in getting answers but, unfortunately, the Ministers cannot provide them. That is disappointing.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: The question I am asked more often than any other is why it always appears that there is one set of rules for meat factories to abide by and a different set for everybody else. We have had discussions on beef importation and so on, but this week we learned that the Covid-19 test results of some workers were conveyed to their employers, meat factories in this instance, before the employees...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for her response.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: This is my time now. This is two days in a row where the Ceann Comhairle has-----