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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that the same in every age cohort?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Absolutely. That seems to make sense. Does Dr. Glynn have any sense of how many people will be in the cohort we are talking about who already received the more than 200,000 doses that have been given?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: A number of Deputies have asked about the reopening and the pathway out of this. We have talked a little about businesses and sport. One of the areas around which I have received the most correspondence is maternity care and access to services during pregnancy and birth and labour. I am aware that hospitals are obviously a nucleus of activity when we are talking about a pandemic. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is exactly right. Somebody told me yesterday that she had given birth and was in the hospital on her own for the day. She would have liked to have her partner there and was simply not able to do that. When will we see that in the roll-out? I do not necessarily want a date. When in the framework of the roll-out will that particular service be more available to people, however?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Dr. Glynn referred to the conducting pilot studies in respect of antigen testing. That issue, particularly as it relates to nursing homes, has arisen at previous meetings. Can Dr. Glynn expand on the pilot studies and how they are going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I have only one minute left. I might try and get one quick question in before I finish. I would like to state that the news that there have been no new cases in nursing homes is certainly a massive good news story.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: No new outbreaks. Fair enough. Earlier, Dr. Glynn noted that we need an adequate amount of time between phases of reopening in order to assess the impact of that reopening. Could he give us a sense of what that adequate amount of time would be? Would it be 14 or 20 days on each occasion there is a new phase in the reopening What does he consider to be an adequate period to facilitate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I second all of that so I will speak briefly to allow our excellent contributors to give us all the information. I have a couple of short questions. I am very mindful that Mr. Dolan said we have a great deal of policy but not enough implementation. The contributors might unpack that a little for me because I believe we fall down in many sectors in Ireland around the issue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for being here this afternoon and for all of their incredibly hard work over the past year. One of my first questions is on when we expect to have all 38 vaccination centres open. Having listened to the other contributions, I expect that the answer will be that we just do not have the supply to do so at present. Is this correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Considering what we know about the supply line, when is it expected that all of the centres will be open?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Sorry to cut across but it is expected that, as supplies vary, we might have vaccination centres open and then perhaps shut for a week and then open again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I attended a meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters this morning. One of the chief concerns of Inclusion Ireland, the Disability Federation of Ireland and a number of other organisations is the vaccination of personal assistants and those providing home supports to people with disabilities. Will the witnesses outline the plan for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: One of the briefings we received today mentioned the HPV vaccine, which is a completely different area but it has been disrupted by the roll-out of this vaccine and the pandemic. Previous contributors have spoken about the utilisation of pharmacies in the roll-out of the Covid vaccine. Perhaps this is a question for NIAC. Does anybody have information on the HPV vaccine catch-up? Could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: At present, the uptake level is 65%. I accept that a point was made in the briefing that it may be about data and data input. If we are looking at low rates of take-up of the HPV vaccine, are we sticking with the provision of the vaccine through the school model? Is there an option to increase availability through a walk-in scenario in pharmacies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will turn to AstraZeneca if I have time. Last week, when the committee discussed matters, the changes in the advice around the AstraZeneca vaccine had come through. As I understand it, the current advice is that we will continue with AstraZeneca with the older cohort and those in a vulnerable position or at high risk but as in other EU countries, those who are not in those cohorts and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update (20 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: How many people out of the 200,000 or so people who received that first dose are we talking about?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to phase out usage of aluminium trays as containers for food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20562/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (21 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy with regard to use of contraflow systems during scheduled closures of a single bore of the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork; if an assessment has been done to measure the impact that not implementing a contraflow system has on residential neighbourhoods such as the Lower Glanmire Road when HGVs are consequently diverted through the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and schemes available to those wishing to replace their petrol and diesel cars for e-bikes and cargo bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Environmental Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 581. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans to develop a zero waste policy requirement for event organisers and vendors hosting events in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20571/21]