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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have a few questions before we conclude. A few issues struck me during the meeting. The virus has been changing and there are different variants and so on. This may be an obvious question, but is there a process whereby the vaccines will at some stage be changed to strengthen people's immune system against the latest given variant? How long will that take and what is the process? At...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: That leads me to my next question. Does NPHET foresee a second round of booster doses for the general population in the next six or nine months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Two weeks ago, what jumped out was not only the figure related to the incidence of Covid that existed in society day to day but also the figure relating to the number of deaths. I think the figure was 48 or 49 last week. Was that over a long period? If it had been announced a couple of months ago, this would have been a headline figure but this was just buried within a newspaper article or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: We have heard throughout the meeting mentions of people being afraid. Many of our population are now afraid of crowds and there has been a psychological impact in moving from being in lockdown to being able to freely enter pubs, restaurants and everything else. It is as though that is now all behind us but that psychological impact remains for many people. Young people say they are still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Dr. Holohan. It is important that we have this conversation and this message. It has been said during the meeting by many members but as Chair of the health committee I thank the witnesses for the work they did, for their accessibility to the committee, for their voices and time and for the commitment they made collectively to keep us all safe. As one of the members said, they have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Colm Burke. We have one piece of housekeeping before we hear from the witnesses. Are the draft minutes of our public meeting on Wednesday, 2 February 2022 agreed? Agreed. Today's meeting will be split into two sessions to discuss issues relating to home care. In the first session, the committee will engage with representatives of Age Action, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I invite Dr. O'Connor to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Lastly, from the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, we will hear from Ms McAvinue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I apologise to the Home Care Coalition. I overlooked the opening statement of Ms Catherine Cox. Perhaps Ms Cox would like to make her statement now, after which we can return to questions. My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Cox.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Those are reasonable requests of the committee. I have no doubt members will not disagree. We can discuss the matter in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I invite our guests from Age Action to contribute on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy is over time. I am stuck for time this morning, given the number of groups that are represented. My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: They are all nodding their heads. That is a "Yes".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is something practical that the committee can follow through on. Maybe we will forward the point to the social protection committee and raise it with the Minister also. Therefore, there will be some action from today's meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is more of a statement. Some of the opening statements this morning also mentioned that the HSE, which is the main funding agency, was recruiting staff and how unfair the system is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: To follow up on the issue of staff retention, people clearly feel a lack of self-worth with regard to the work they are doing. On the Covid payments, what is the attitude of members of the various organisations here to the fact they were not included in the Covid recognition payment? Does that play into the lack of self-worth many of those members may feel? We are all aware people were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: The committee could possibly follow that up with the relevant Minister. One significant issue for many families is the assessment of home care support needs. We have not really touched on it this morning. It is a big issue. Families often come to us and ask how it works out. Perhaps their loved one only needs an hour or half an hour of home care. One complaint in previous years was...