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Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My understanding was that the wrap-up would include answers to questions raised by the House. In the time left, will the Minister actually address any of the questions we have come here to ask?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Madigan has been here.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Is Deputy Madigan going to answer anything that has been raised?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Is Deputy Madigan going to address them?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not having a go at the Minister for Health. I am asking if a Government Minister is going to answer any of the questions raised by the Parliament.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Is Deputy Madigan going to answer any of them?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Madigan is not answering anything that has been raised.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I just wanted a clarification on that.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be sharing time with Deputy Butler. I have four questions, which I will give the Minister and we will see what we can get done in five minutes. First, I would like to hear the Minister's thoughts on the fatality rate. We are all agreed that extraordinary efforts are being made by the State, the HSE, and every individual and family around the country. Unfortunately, the fatality...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Many HSE hospitals are below par. Can anything be done to start reactivating the health system?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I apologise for cutting across the Minister-----

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: -----but I am happy to cede the rest of my time because Deputy Butler wants to get in and follow up privately with the Minister afterwards. I do not want all of her time taken.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I understand.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Browne and I would prefer to split the time and take five minutes each for questions. My first question will probably take a bit longer than one minute but I will lay it out in a way that allows the Minister to respond.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Big efforts have been made to get our hospitals ready for a surge, which have been successful. Efforts were also made to ensure that surge was as small as possible, which, too, have been successful. The same efforts were not put into getting the nursing homes ready for Covid-19. As we sit here today, seven in every ten Covid-19 fatalities in Ireland are from a nursing home or community...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: We will take our five minutes if we may.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I thought I had five minutes and then Deputy Browne had five minutes. I apologise.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I will share time. I will take the first five minutes. Maybe the Minister and I could go back and forth, with the Ceann Comhairle's permission. I would like to start by expressing my sympathies as well with the friends and families of the many women and men who have now died. This has come at an extraordinary cost so far. It is a very difficult time for anyone who is trying to mourn a...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: With the Ceann Comhairle's permission, I will take the first six minutes with the Minister, after which my colleagues would like a back-and-forth with him, if they may.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I, too, start by expressing my deepest condolences to the friends and families of the many women and men who have tragically lost their lives since we met here last Thursday. On that point, I wish to talk to the Minister about cancer services. The HSE told us yesterday that GP referrals to the rapid access clinics for patients with suspected cancers have fallen by more than half since...