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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: For the public, it is not conceivable or understandable that contact tracing was not resourced until now. We need bandwidth and elasticity to ensure the public is protected. That did not happen and it is bloody well not acceptable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It is failing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I know that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It is happening now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It is not transparent.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: Perhaps the Taoiseach will answer the other question I asked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: That was done through an agency, CPL, not directly by the HSE.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: When did the Minster know?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I want to raise a sensitive issue with the Taoiseach. Some people believe that during a pandemic or a crisis, there are times when they push on with other things because they will not get enough notice. On 2 September, the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, met online with the 221+ group regarding the CervicalCheck tribunal. The group expressed all of its concerns and said it was a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: By ignoring the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: They are the same issues that were there in September.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the allocations planned from the shared island fund. [31299/20]

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 is a vital part of the national effort to challenge and overcome coronavirus. The Labour Party supported the Act originally because it supports the objectives the Act is trying to achieve. In March, we tabled amendments to ensure that the House would be able to review sunset clauses, as is...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I agree with the comments of the previous speaker. We need an access point. There are many queries. I cannot answer some of them, because I do not know. I think we are all in that situation. There is confusion and so many provisos. It would be good, therefore, to have an access point or a telephone line through which we could get clarity. The Minister must also ensure the regulations...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I do not think the Minister for Health has a clue what I was just saying.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: By God, the Minister needs to listen. It is ridiculous. As I was saying, the rules in question were never put into regulations, and that was not because the Government does not have the power to do so. The Oireachtas gave that power to the Government in March. For some reason, however, that has not been spelled out, the Government has preferred a confusing approach whereby some public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The issue is that the Morrissey judgment has changed all that. It has changed a great deal of this and much of the thinking on it. I raised this yesterday and I respectfully ask the Minister to meet the 221+ group - the Taoiseach has already committed to meeting me - and push back the date until that is done. On a more positive note, in fairness, the Government has listened on a number...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that. The statistics show that no pregnant woman has been infected, which is an amazing statistic. We want to keep it that way. However, there are certain circumstances, particularly when bad news has been delivered, where we will have to change the protocols. It is too devastating. I also believe we must examine the protocols in general. I have an issue with regard to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I might broaden it out because, obviously, we are aware of the same issue. There seems to be an issue as regards recruitment. I pointed out last week that there are 200 fewer permanent nurses in the system than before Covid and there are 1,800 more temporary or contract nurses. We also have issues with contact tracing and with nurses in the community, as pointed out by two previous...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I would like to share time with Deputy Brendan Howlin. Over the past seven months, the Government and State have made some big asks of the Irish people and here we are again. Businesses have closed, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs, especially in the past week, lives have been completely disrupted and turned upside down, and society in many ways has ground to a halt, all...