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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 957. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the future of the pandemic unemployment payment in the event workers still require financial support in cases in which their employment is not fully operational until mass gatherings are permitted; and the plans in place for the event industry. [11117/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocations made to the school meals programme in each of the past five years; the number of schools and students in receipt of same in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10958/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 994. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocations made to the hot school meal programme since its inception; the number of schools and students in receipt of same in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 995. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs associated with the extension of the school meals programme to cover youth services, early years settings and after-school programmes as part of a pilot programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10960/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sharing time in slots of seven, four and four minutes, respectively. If it is okay we will do four and three minutes for my slot, with four minutes for questions and three minutes for answers. Earlier this month my husband was an inpatient in Beaumont Hospital. He had an operation for cancer. He is recovering now and is doing extremely well, but I want to take this opportunity to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. This is my first opportunity to speak in the Chamber and I would like to express my sympathy, and that of Sinn Féin, to the family, friends and colleagues of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. I thank the witnesses for coming in again to give evidence this morning. I appreciate that it is a busy time for them. I express my thanks and appreciation...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: On 10 March, when Mr. Daly wrote asking that all transfers would be risk-assessed, medically assessed and tested for Covid-19 at the same time as the acute hospital sector was being emptied in preparation for the expected surge - very necessary work which we do not dispute - that was not done at that stage. In terms of the patients who were moved out, can Mr. Breslin timeline that for me?...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: No, I asked a very specific question about the numbers of people tested.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Guidance is not a plan. I asked a specific question. How many patients were tested?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: How many of those individual patients were tested?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: How many patients were tested in March?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry, but we are under extreme time pressure. This is not like a normal committee, so I am just looking for a number. Of the 819 patients transferred out in March, how many were tested? It is fine if the number is zero. I would just appreciate the number for March.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: In the period up to 10 March, therefore, no testing was taking place, but Mr. Reid is stating that from 10 March the testing would have taken place. Is that the testing that was recommended, as I understand it, in April so that there would be two negative tests before a person would be transferred out, as well as the medical and risk assessment? It is my understanding they were not being...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: People were not tested unless they were symptomatic or unless they fulfilled the case definition. If that is the case, I will go back to my original question. Somebody made a strategic decision to transfer the patients from the acute hospital sector into the nursing home sector. Who was that? Was it done by memorandum or how was it done? The numbers are significant. I appreciate they...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: That is understood. Who made the decision to transfer out the patients? It did not just happen. Somebody sent a memo or direction. Who was that and can we have a copy of the direction that was issued?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: They were made without any national guidance, individual clinicians made that decision. I must tell Dr. Henry that I find that hard to believe.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I have only a few seconds left. No memo was issued to instruct the transfer out of patients to clear space in the hospitals, that was just done on a case-by-case basis by individual clinicians. I do not find that to be a very credible statement. It strikes me that the Department and the HSE had a plan to use the capacity in the nursing home sector but no plan to protect the nursing home...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask that we conduct an additional risk assessment regarding the conduct of this committee. The advice has moved on, the country is reopening, there are many more people at work and there is a lot of flexibility in this area. I acknowledge that we are operating on the basis of a risk assessment. If the committee agrees to conduct another risk assessment and it is in order and feasible to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: That is bang on.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I had indicated.