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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: We might go back to Mr. Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: Senator Kyne's contribution has come to an end unless he wants a written answer from the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Dr. Kennelly. We need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: Senator Black is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: Before I bring in Senator Conway, I will go back to an issue raised earlier by Deputy Cullinane about engaging with stakeholders. I think a representative of the HSE said that those engagements were happening monthly. Has the Irish Association of Social Workers been asked to engage? Has it engaged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I ask Senator Conway to conclude his contribution or his colleague, Deputy Durkan, will not have time to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I will not be able to let Dr. MacLellan contribute. We are under strict instructions here and we are working to a tight schedule as well. I am thinking of the health and safety of staff here. Thank you for your contributions this morning. I also wish to associate the committee with the messages of condolence. I offer thanks to you and all your staff, as you are working with the most...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland plans to join and support the WHO programmes C-TAP and COVAX. [6110/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: We have one piece of housekeeping before I bring in the witnesses. Can I take it that the draft minutes of our last public joint committee meeting and the private meeting from last Tuesday, 2 February, are agreed? Agreed. I remind members that we will be meeting in private session this afternoon at 3.30 p.m. Does that time suit everyone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: That is okay. It is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses: Dr. Gabrielle Colleran, vice president, Irish Hospital Consultants Association, IHCA; Professor Robert Landers, vice president, IHCA; Mr. Martin Varley, secretary general, IHCA; Ms Vanessa Hetherington, assistant director, policy and international affairs, Irish Medical Organisation, IMO; Dr. Peadar Gilligan, consultant committee, IMO; Mr. Anthony Owens, director of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I invite Mr. Owens to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Owens. Finally, I invite Ms Ní Sheaghdha to give her opening statement and she has five minutes to do so.

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: The Minister of State said that in normal times, there is a ten-week waiting list for driver tests. The waiting list for a driver test in the Tallaght centre was 9,500 in November. That is nearly one tenth of all the people waiting for tests in the State. There is clearly a problem. There was an increase of over 4,000 in just four months, so it is safe to assume that the number waiting...

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: The Minister of State referred to significant amounts. It could be 10,000 or 11,000. I understand the challenges we face at the moment but I want to know if a plan will be put in place to deal with the backlog in the Tallaght area specifically. One person in ten on the national waiting list is waiting for a test in the Tallaght centre. It is equivalent to the population of a town....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: Good afternoon. We have one piece of housekeeping before I bring in witnesses, namely, the draft minutes for the meetings of 9 February 2021. Can I take it that the draft minutes of our last public joint meeting and the decisions taken at our private meeting last Tuesday, 9 February, regarding today's meeting are agreed? Agreed. I want to correct the public record arising from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Justice Laffoy. As members are attending virtually from their offices and, therefore, cannot see the clock to monitor their speaking time I will advise them when they have one minute remaining, if I can. I ask them to stick to their time allocation to facilitate all members participating in the meeting. I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting. While we wait for our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I apologise that there are IT problems with the cameras. I want to let members know there are difficulties and that we cannot see Senator Conway on the screen. I invite Ms Justice Laffoy or one of her colleagues to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I can, loud and clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Lahart.