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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that. However, given that we are told that decisions taken on this are evidence-based, where can we access that evidence based on the knowledge Mr. Reid has stated the public health teams possess?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The evidence relating to what Mr. Reid referred to as the knowledge possessed by public health teams about the places of transmission. Is that set out anywhere in a paper or somewhere it can be accessed?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is encouraging that such knowledge exists somewhere but the difficulty is that we cannot access it. Is that evidence publicly available now, given that Mr. Reid has said that it exists?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Dr. Cuddihy. We get that information about settings where the virus is spread. The virus does not start in households or private homes, however. It is picked up somewhere. We do not seem to have the information - set down on paper anyway - about the places of transmission, namely where people pick it up and then bring it home. Professor Philip Nolan said recently that we do not...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Did Dr. Cuddihy say he can make that available?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It would be helpful if it were made available for the public to keep it with the message. Can Dr. Cuddihy undertake to do that for this committee?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Can he do it this week?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is welcome. Most of us were surprised that was not being done already. What was the reason for this? Was it because of resources, as Professor Nolan said?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that. What is the figure for the median turnaround time for positive cases in the community? Will Ms O'Beirne provide that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I ask Ms O'Beirne to be a bit more precise. I asked her the median turnaround time for testing and tracing for positive cases in the community solely.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is solely for community cases, is that right?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Are hospital figures included in that, which are-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms O'Beirne.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment are eligible to take up a free Springboard course and keep their payment at the same time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27471/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the position of personal trainers working in gyms in Dublin during the current level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; the actions personal trainers can and cannot take in the gym setting in view of the fact that individual training is allowed in gyms with protective measures; if further clarity will be provided on the obligations of gym owners in order to allow...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I have already expressed by email my complete dissatisfaction with this arrangement and I really want to know how we have found ourselves in this situation. It is entirely unsatisfactory. It is absolutely reasonable of us to expect to have at least one session with NPHET because there are endless outstanding questions about the decisions being taken. As the representatives of the people,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Can we have an extended session here then?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Can we take a break after two hours and come back then?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I agree, but I want a full answer to the questions I asked. Who dictated to the committee about how our business should be done?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Let us park that until the end of the meeting.