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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I want to ask Ms McArdle of the HSE a question to start. Ms McArdle mentioned that she worked closely with IPAS. Did she know or was she notified in advance of the transfer of direct provision residents by IPAS to new locations where they would be sharing with strangers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Was the building checked for suitability by the HSE in advance of the people arriving?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: It is a pandemic and there are issues around social distancing. It is not normal practice but I am suggesting that perhaps it should have been done. Can Ms McArdle clarify how many people in direct provision centres have been tested and how many have not been tested as of today or what are the HSE's most recent figures?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The HSE does not know.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: These are congregated settings, however, and we are specifically talking about them because people are vulnerable in congregated settings and Ms McArdle is telling me the HSE does not know how many people in this congregated setting have been tested.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: That sounds like a quarter of people have been tested.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I shall leave it at that and suggest that everyone in these congregated settings should be tested. I have a question for the representatives of the Department of Justice and Equality. The ongoing public health advice provided by the HSE, and in its statement provided to us in advance today, single-room occupancy was mentioned three times, if not four times, as the public health advice....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: We have a document today that refers, in three or four different places, to single-room occupancy except for families. The ongoing public advice provided by the HSE is what that is saying.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: It does not mandate but recommends; it is public health advice, I think. How many new households were created? When I say households I mean people who did not know each other in advance. How many new households were created, since the beginning of the pandemic, by moving people either within or between new or already established centres? How many new households do we have, if Ms Buckley...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: That is a crucial point. These are people who did not know each other and are strangers. They are put into a room where they have no other choice but to share with a stranger and obviously the risk level is very high. I would appreciate if Ms Buckley could tell us how many households have been newly created and put into a more vulnerable situation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the average gap in days between the date that Covid-19 victims died and when they are officially reported as deaths. [5814/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 764. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or the NPHET carried out an assessment or is following a specific WHO advice on the potential of recirculated air in aircraft to spread the Covid-19 virus. [6435/20]

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I will leave time for the Minister to answer my questions. The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted travel patterns across the world in a profound way. In a variety of ways, transport will never be the same again. The 2 km and 5 km restrictions coupled with economic shutdown and the requirement to socially distance have pushed us to walk and cycle more. We need to do all we can to retain as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Remuneration (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Ministers of State that collectively lobbied him for an improvement in their terms and conditions; and when this approach took place. [4145/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who aged out of and off the waiting lists for early intervention team assessments by HSE area in 2018 and 2019. [4229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for new applicants for early intervention team assessments in each HSE area [4230/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1031. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned date for the publication of the independent report commissioned by his Department on the economic assessment of the western rail corridor from Athenry, County Galway, to Claremorris, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4168/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless that sleep in dormitory-style or shared-bedroom spaces, excluding situations in which members of the same family share a bedroom space exclusive of non-family members. [4444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funds will be made available to facilitate self-isolation for homeless persons who sleep in dormitory-style or shared-bedroom space accommodation. [4445/20]

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I have questions and will leave time for some answers. I refer to the situation of thousands of people in institutional, communal accommodation called direct provision. I note this in the context of great national and governmental effort to tackle Covid-19 where there has been a massive communication campaign to inform everyone about what they need to do in terms of social distancing and...