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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: There has been no response from the Department of Health to concerns about the lack of clinical oversight in the nursing home sector.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is quite extraordinary. I thank Mr. Quinn for his answer. My second question relates to infection control. The authority does many annual inspections in respect of infection control and there are many concerns about that. At what point did the authority raise concerns about particular nursing homes that had fared poorly in inspections relating to infection control in the context of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: A list of nursing homes that would have been in the high-risk category would have been submitted.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: To clarify, was a list submitted-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: -----or were these types? Was it a list of nursing homes about which there were concerns? Was there a response to that list?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Was it from the Department or the HSE?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: First of all I will return to issues that arose yesterday at the meeting of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response and to two questions I posed to HIQA. The first related to infection control reports. HIQA had carried out annual assessments and repeat offenders came to light - nursing homes about which there were particular concerns. We were told by the chief inspector that this list...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The chief inspector said there was a series of communications.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: However, it seems that critical weeks were lost.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am asking about the 19 centres that were highlighted and what the specific response was in regard to them.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think that is accurate.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: This was based on a series of infection control assessments that were done over a number of years.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Let us read the letter.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That does not answer the question but let us leave it. Will the Minister answer my other question about the lack of critical oversight?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It will be interesting to see if there is any response on that point. The other issue I want to raise is the question of mental health services and the review or refresh of A Vision for Change. Several of us have raised this with the Minister previously and he has responded that while the review was completed and passed by Government and all of that, going back to December or January, that...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that. The Minister will appreciate that many different proposals are being made by people because there is such anxiety to have an immediate response to the largescale mental health problems that are emerging now, as we can see around us. There is no point in setting up task forces, sub-committees or the like. It should be the main implementation body for our mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers, respectively under the PIA Review Legal Aid Service since its inception, that is, from 2016 to date; the details of the payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address issues related to a direct provision centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a rigorous testing and tracing system will be implemented in a direct provision centre (details supplied) to address the spread of Covid-19 in the setting. [7553/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional support and protection is being provided to LGBTI+ residents of direct provision centres during the Covid-19 pandemic; if his Department has engaged with the management of these centres to ensure safeguarding of LGBTI+ residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7620/20]