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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I do not dispute that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Does Mr. Gunning accept that the perception among the public is that there is an open chequebook for the children's hospital? When it was first presented to the public two or three years ago, the cost was €600 million to €700 million. In the space of three to four years, the cost has risen to €1.433 billion. We are in the position now where claims have been suspended....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I never stated Mr. Gunning said that. I said that Deputy Gino Kenny had presented the proposition to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Mr. Gunning will accept that we all share a common goal in that regard. It is reasonable at this stage to assume that the cost will go beyond €1.433 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Can we all agree that the cost will be in excess of €1.433 billion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: The final cost will be significantly higher than that figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I am not looking for a definitive figure. I am just looking for an acknowledgement that it will be significantly higher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank our guests for attending. I ask them to confirm how many certificates had been issued as of the close of business yesterday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: So approximately 2.2 million certificates will have been issued as of the close of business today. What is the shortfall remaining? How many certificates remain to be done now? How many have had complications? How many emails have bounced back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Is An Post aware of the importance of these envelopes and what they contain? Are protocols in place with An Post concerning what happens to undelivered letters? Moving to those certificates that bounce back via email, then, will those certificates now be posted out to the people concerned? I ask those questions because this is a critical piece of State documentation that gives people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: What happens if a certificate is delivered by email but it happens to be a work email and it goes into the junk folder? There is no way of knowing that happened. The individual recipient may not realise it has gone into the junk folder either. Is there any way of dealing with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Most fair-minded people realise that the task the witnesses were given by the Government was enormous. Given that not far off 70% of the population have now been vaccinated, we are probably ahead of a lot of other European countries. I am interested to know what communication the witnesses have with other European countries. Given that this is an international document, is there a central...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Okay, that is me done. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health of Travellers: Pavee Point (13 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank our guests for coming in today. I apologise for the time change but other matters were going on. Unfortunately, though, that time change has torpedoed all our schedules. I have great admiration for the work Pavee Point does. It can sometimes feel like two steps forward are being made, only to end up then taking five steps backward. I state that because housing obviously is a...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health of Travellers: Pavee Point (13 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: How do the witnesses find the local Traveller accommodation consultative committees, LTACCs, in each of the local authorities? Do they find them to be effective? Do they need to be overhauled or reviewed? Is there anything that we can be doing better to support the local Traveller accommodation consultative committees? I would consider these committees a useful forum. There are some...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health of Travellers: Pavee Point (13 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Senator Flynn absolutely would. I thank Ms Fay. I appreciate the comprehensive answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: I find myself very much in agreement with much of what Deputy Smith and other speakers have said. It is incumbent on the Minister to establish the number of terminations that have taken place in St. Vincent's. He needs to get that information and St. Vincent's must provide it to him. If the hospital does not do so, then we have a problem. It is one thing to say the service is available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: They are inextricably linked. The Religious Sisters of Charity are talking about transferring the land to the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. There needs to be a building of trust here, on their part as well. It is not too much to expect that the women of Ireland would get this information. It is only right and proper, to be quite honest. Since the Tánaiste raised his concerns in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Martin Conway: Okay. Will he brief us on how those conversations went?