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Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 76. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-evaluate and relax restrictions on pregnant parents being accompanied by their partners in hospitals before, during and after birth on compassionate grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23644/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deliver on commitments to persons with scoliosis and reduce wait times for care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 89. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; his further plans to gather better data to understand the extent of the impact of same; if an expert panel will review the UK report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23647/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 626. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; his further plans to gather better data to understand the extent of the impact of same; if an expert panel will review the UK report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 669. To ask the Minister for Health when diabetes reviews of hospitals and prairie care settings resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests conducted to the end of August 2020; the number and percentage which were positive; the estimated number and percentage of false positives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 846. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; the structures and leadership of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 847. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing requirements for meeting 100,000 Covid-19 swabs and tests per week; the associated cost related to each staffing category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 848. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and laboratory requirements for conducting and evaluating 100,000 Covid-19 tests per week; the associated cost related to each staffing category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24124/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 849. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels related to the Covid-19 testing and tracing regime; the number employed directly for this purpose; the number seconded; the areas from which they are seconded; the agency staff and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24125/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 850. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will need to be taken to deliver 100,000 Covid-19 swabs and tests per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24126/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 contact tracing regime; the number employed for same; the number seconded from elsewhere; the areas from which they are seconded; his plans to recruit and train contact tracers; the estimated number of contact tracers required; the associated costs in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24127/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests conducted, evaluated, results delivered and contacts traced in each of the weeks since the beginning of March 2020 to the end of the second week of September 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24128/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 129. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacies will receive the PPE, in particular surgical masks, that was promised by the HSE to keep pharmacy staff and their vulnerable customers safe from the potential risk of catching or spreading Covid-19 infection in the course of their working day in the pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: We do not need to go into much detail on it. We possibly need a Teams meeting some time this week to hear people's proposals. In terms of my key proposal, obviously, we need an updated work schedule because we have a number of items to book in, including the nursing homes issue. We have the sitting on Friday also in respect of sports, which I believe should go ahead. Yesterday, we had...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome all the witnesses. I have read the report and my first question is for Professor Kelleher. To some degree, the report had to look back on the most recent events and how nursing homes dealt with Covid-19. However, the report concentrated more on the framework of care under which nursing homes do or do not operate, as the case may be. The essence of the report is recommendations...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: When the panel went about its work, did it interact with HIQA? Did the HIQA report have an impact on the report of the panel?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: My time is limited so I ask Professor Kelleher to confirm whether what I now say is correct. The report refers to very poor clinical governance across the sector and noted that in the HIQA report, there are no formal governance links between the HSE and that 60% of homes with outbreaks were not compliant with the existing clinical governance framework. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: It is in the recommendations that talked about poor clinical governance. There is also talk about the structure and relationship between nursing homes, the Department of Health and the HSE. Is that something that the expert panel examined?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: What was the outcome?