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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: I will speak for five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: From reading the correspondence we received today and having listened to Mr. Daly's replies to various questions from members, it is clear that this is a huge scandal. As a country, we will reflect on what has happened with great sadness and shame. How best can we deal with all of the correspondence Mr. Daly has submitted to the committee and been asked about today? Separate from this...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: That is putting it mildly. What happened here is a complete failure of policy and a disregard for the care of older people. There are significant lessons to be learned from this, but the fact is that there is conflict, in the context of some of the issues raised, between Mr. Daly and the Department of Health, NPHET and so on. That conflict needs to be resolved. As policymakers, we need to...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: He should not dress it up.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Did nursing homes withhold information from family members in respect of care and the issues the sector faced?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: If Mr. Daly says no, that is fine. Did the nursing homes prevent the testing of staff within the homes? Was there a question around that? Did nursing homes try to avoid the testing of staff at some stage? Did some of them?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Can Mr. Daly check that out?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Is it not another scandal where the information required by families to make informed decisions about the care of their loved ones in these nursing homes was withheld from them?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: So nursing homes withheld the information.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: What are the current guidelines?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: What is the HSE's response to the various concerns raised by the two witnesses this morning? How many inspectors does HIQA have? Why is there a designated inspector for individual nursing homes? Would it not be better to have random inspections? Did HIQA receive any complaints from nursing home staff, families of residents or individuals with knowledge of nursing homes and the care of the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Can Ms Dunnion repeat that?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Where are these coming from?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: What was the finding? Were all these concerns upheld?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: How many of these concerns were upheld?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: There is less than a minute left but will the HSE comment on this morning's statements from witnesses?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: If I can just interrupt-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Does Dr. Kennelly broadly dispute-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Can my question be answered when we get the sound sorted?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Does Dr. Kennelly dispute the statements made by both witnesses this morning or does she accept some of the criticism and charges made in those statements?