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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: In what way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: Notwithstanding the excellent care that has been provided, is there evidence of people deteriorating more rapidly because of the pandemic due to the lack of interaction with family, loss of routine and mixing with friends? Are people losing the will to live?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: The Government has announced plans for changes to working practices for many in a bid to improve work-life balance and allow many workers, including public servants, the option of working from home or remotely. The benefits, including reduced time lost to commuting, additional time with family or rest time, as well as reduced costs and carbon footprints, are all evident. To make this policy...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: Next Monday at 10.30 a.m. in the Dáil Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the witnesses and acknowledge the work being done in the vaccination programme's roll-out, including trying to make it as fair as possible. Nothing frustrates people more than others skipping the queue or, rather, being perceived as skipping the queue. I feel let down by AstraZeneca and the issues surrounding it. I hope that a solution can be arrived at quickly. It smacks of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (26 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for travelling up to the Chamber today, but I regret no one is here from the Department of Health to address this Commencement matter. University Hospital Galway, UHG, is a model 4 hospital providing 24-7 acute surgery, acute medicine and critical care services for Galway and the region. I acknowledge the front-line staff and management who have been operating...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (26 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the response on behalf of the Department of Health. While there was a good deal of information in it, the salient point is that no date has yet been set for the planning application for the main building. Despite Saolta University Health Care Group telling the then Minister, Deputy Harris, in September 2018 that the application would be lodged before the...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. I welcome the publication of the report and I acknowledge the work and effort that went into its production. As others have said, it is important that the recommendations and summaries are discussed with survivors and that their views on the next steps forward are taken into account and are followed through. There are many very worthy...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: The House will sit again at 11 a.m. on Monday, 1 February 2021 in the Dáil Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Dr. Glynn, Mr. Woods and the team from the HSE. I acknowledge the exceptional work carried out by front-line workers and health officials over the past few months. Christmas was always going to be a threat over any other time of year due to the nature of Irish people and the season coming after a difficult year. It coincided with the UK-identified strain of the virus arriving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Seán Kyne: Yes. I am inquiring about the nature of the ICU beds required for those who have Covid but no other underlying conditions. Do they require the same level of support as an ICU bed that we would be more familiar with before this for somebody in post-operative care or stroke care? Are they more or less intense or are they patient-dependent? Second, how important are individual...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the publication of the Appropriation Bill. It is the signal for the end of the legislative term and the fiscal year. It covers the spend on all Departments and State agencies for the next year from the offices of the President and the Taoiseach to our newest Department, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. I also acknowledge the...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Now.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for his generous offer to discuss the issues relating to Galway, which I will certainly take him up on. I also concur with Senator Casey's point that many people think councillors have already received pay increases because they have been announced a number of times. A number of councillors have told me that people have said to them that councillors have...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Has the Senator tabled an amendment to that effect?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Has the Senator tabled an amendment?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Does the Senator have an amendment tabled?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I move: "That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Appropriation Bill 2020 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I had the privilege to serve in the Department of Rural and Community Development with the then Minister, Michael Ring, when the rural regeneration and development fund was put in place. At the same time, the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, put in place the urban regeneration and development fund to fund strategic projects. I am sure we all...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: The temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, was introduced by the previous Government as a badly-needed and welcome measure to support businesses and workers during the pandemic. It proved to be a lifeline for many businesses across the country and kept workforces together in order to be prepared to ramp up work and production once the crisis passed. Many businesses adapted their work...