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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At an earlier point in this committee's work I recall reading that it must be done within 72 hours and I know that it was much longer when the HSE started so I want to congratulate Mr. Reid on getting to that point. Of course, there are outliers on both sides but it is important to acknowledge how far the work has come. I wish to talk now about education, people going back to school this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Reid.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Please, I only have five minutes-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thanks.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have some specific questions on what Dr. Henry has just said. Child to child transmission is very low, as Dr. Henry has said, but people are concerned about child to adult transmission and children bringing the virus back into the home or out into the community. I ask Dr. Henry to talk to us about that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: When Dr. Henry speaks about the community transmission rate, is he referring to the rate on a localised basis, on a county by county basis or is it broader than that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the timing, clearly the HSE has been working with sporting groups and in other settings where outbreaks have occurred. If this happens in a school in the next number of weeks, how quickly will the HSE be able to engage and respond? What is the nature of that response and how ready is the HSE? Obviously there are lots more schools with the potential for outbreaks relative to sporting...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have been listening to the language Dr. Glynn used about how concerned he is and the window of opportunity that is before us. It is very important and timely that he is here to reiterate the message and its simplicity about physical distancing, not mixing households etc. It is the simple message that has applied all along. Dr. Glynn has been...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Dr. Glynn. We are at a most difficult phase, with rising numbers and more complex information. There is a certain fatigue among people. There is a general wish to move on but of course that is not possible in so many different ways. Dr. Glynn's presence here today is very important. I know how busy he is and I thank him for attending. There is an opportunity for a reset...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is lower than I would expect. I would have thought it would be total in those circumstances.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have only a few seconds left. To clarify, if household transmission is 20% or 30%, is that of a new detected case or could somebody be asymptomatic and have it, or is it just that they do not have it?

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister for bringing this important Bill to the House today. It is not the sort of legislation that anybody wants to have to bring to the House at any time but it is a clearly nuanced, sophisticated and graduated effort to try to effect as much compliance as possible so that we can continue to open our society and our pubs, night-life and entertainment industry. It is a step...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Good morning. I thank our guests for appearing before the committee. There are two matters to flag. The first is that we have a technical issue with our feed this morning so, while our guests can see and hear us, we will be able to hear them but not necessarily see them. It is also possible that the feed will come in and out and there might be a slight time delay. It is just one of those...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I welcome our guests from the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, ASTI, the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, and Fórsa, who are joining us by video link from committee room 2 and whom we can see, to review the preparations for the reopening of schools and how the reopening is operating in practice. From the TUI, I welcome Mr. Martin...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Gillespie. I ask Mr. Christie to make his opening statement and I again ask that he confine it to five minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Pike and all the other witnesses for coming. I was just thinking that there are very few people in Ireland who do not have a strong personal interest in this going well: children, parents, grandparents, teachers, SNAs and employers. The closure of schools has been deeply disruptive, and we are very glad to have the witnesses here in such a timely way. We will move on to the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Boyle.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I gave Deputy Colm Burke a little extra time so I will take it off his Fine Gael colleague, Deputy Durkan, later if that is okay with Deputy Durkan. I call Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, who has seven and a half minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Gillespie but I have to move on. Deputy Ó Laoghaire has ten minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree completely.