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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: Are those campaigns running at present in terms of hospital staff?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I meant the campaigns to encourage greater uptake. Have those campaigns started?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I am sorry to interrupt, but I am wondering what preparation is being made for this year, given the massive challenges associated with Covid-19.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: My questions are what the estimated number of vaccines that would be required is and how many vaccines the HSE has secured at this point.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: What are the witnesses' views of the adequacy of the number of vaccines the HSE has secured?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about uptake. Obviously, there is a need for greater uptake. My question is whether or not the health system will be ready for the flu season, given the huge challenges that are there as a result of Covid.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I would really appreciate it if the witnesses could provide the actual figures or the number of vaccines procured.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: As a result of the advice from the European Commission this week, is it the HSE's intention to start that campaign earlier, as is being advised?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: What is the date on which the HSE intends to start?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I wish to concentrate on those figures now for a couple of minutes. Last year, I understand, we got 1.2 million vaccines. Mr. McCallion is saying that that is now increasing to 1.4 million. That is only an additional 200,000. Given that there are three vaccines for all children up to the age of 12, and given the need to increase the uptake among healthcare workers in particular but also...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: Does that figure of 1.4 million include the dose for children, which-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: It does seem quite a small additional number. My concern is that we will not be prepared for the flu season on top of the other constraints that are there.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. McCallion. Does the HSE actually have the vaccine at this point or has it just placed orders?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. McCallion. I would appreciate that. I wish to come back to Mr. Woods. The other big challenge in the hospitals, apart from the inadequate number of beds, is the high number of vacancies among doctors in particular. We were promised a few months ago an additional 1,000 consultant posts and that they would be employed on the basis of what is called a Sláintecare...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: Does Mr. Dempsey know if any work been done on it?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: Is there anybody among the witnesses from the Department who deals with legislation and contract negotiation?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I would appreciate if we could get an early report on that. I return to the issue of bed capacity. There have been calls for some time for a proper programme of hospital extension and new hospital provision in order to increase the number of beds available. There also have been calls for an immediate response to the dire shortage through the provision of quick-build temporary facilities....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Woods saying he expects to have those beds in place for this winter?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I share the Chair's frustration at not being able to get straight answers because earlier I had asked for an assurance that we were able to secure sufficient quantities of the flu vaccine and it is only in the past 15 minutes that Mr. McCallion has spoken of constraints in the market. Will he explain to us exactly what are those constraints? Is it a question of availability or of cost? I...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)
Róisín Shortall: I ask Mr. McCallion to wind back a little bit and clarify. He referred to the total available doses. Are we operating on the basis of the available total or the required total?