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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I thank all the witnesses for attending this morning. At the outset, Professor MacCraith pointed out how uncertain the situation is. We all appreciate that. It is very fluid and it is changing by the day, if not by the hour. There has been news today that could be quite a game-changer, depending on how it goes. We all accept that, and it is important that people be reassured, but the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that. I ask Professor MacCraith to undertake to speak with the HPSC and ensure those figures are provided at least twice weekly at this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. I thank Professor MacCraith. Will he comment on the expected delivery schedule for AstraZeneca and the quantities we now expect if it is approved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: What is the expected number in March?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. Will Mr. Walsh answer some questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. Maybe the Chairman will not include the time he has spent speaking to me. How many residents and staff in nursing homes are yet to receive their first dose? What is the estimated timescale for completion of both doses to residents and staff in nursing homes? Are there contingency plans in the event that the EMA today recommends that AstraZeneca is not given to over-65s and will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: What is the expected date for that to be completed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Chairman. I have one quick question for HSE. Mr. Walsh mentioned earlier that residents aged over 65 in disability and long-term care facilities have been vaccinated. That is great. Why have the staff not been vaccinated? It is similar to staff in nursing homes. There is much concern about this. Can Mr. Walsh clarify when they will be vaccinated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I thank all our guests for attending and for their presentations. My first questions are on the roll-out of the vaccine programme in nursing homes. The original target date for having all residents and staff in nursing homes receive the first dose of the vaccine was more than a week ago. For various reasons, this has not happened and the Minister has told us that there are four nursing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I would like to come in again, if I may. We have been asking these questions of the Minister. I was hoping we might get answers this morning but Ms O'Neill does not have the number of people who have not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: That is unfortunate. It is important that we know that number. We were told that there are significant numbers in that regard within the 117 nursing homes. Can Ms O'Neill get that number and come back to the committee with it as soon as possible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: We sought it last week from the Minister. If Ms O'Neill could provide it, we would like it now. My next question relates to religious nursing homes. I have been made aware of four such nursing homes where there has been no roll-out of the vaccine. What are the arrangements for religious nursing homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: I will pose that question again. What are the arrangements for roll-out of the vaccination programme in religious nursing homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: There are no arrangements to include them in congregated settings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: That is what I said. They are being included with the over 65s but not as a specific congregated setting. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: When will the vaccination programme be rolled out to them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: As of now, they are not in the prioritised as a specific group. I want to move on now to the fact that we find ourselves yet again in a situation where there are extremely high rates of the virus and deaths in the nursing home sector. It is hard to believe we are back in this situation given the experience of last April and May. Yet again, NPHET is expressing serious concern about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: What was the additional number?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)
Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, we were supposed to have a statutory right to homecare at this point. Why do we not see that? Why is it delayed?