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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: Perhaps Ms Ní Sheaghdha will give us her thoughts on that matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: We would not necessarily disagree with that analysis. When there were proposals to bring back special needs students, we saw the kickback from the unions. How did INMO members feel given that they are rolling up their sleeves risking their lives day in, day out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: How many INMO members are out with Covid today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: Given that INMO members are working extraordinary hours in terrible circumstances, has Ms Ní Sheaghdha noticed whether they are out with other illnesses, including being run down and mental health challenges? Has she seen an increase in the percentage of INMO members out with other illnesses this year by comparison with last year and other years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: On the roll-out of vaccines, I would like Ms Ní Sheaghdha's thoughts on the mid-west, in particular. I represent Clare. Many INMO members in Clare were quite upset and annoyed about how the vaccine was rolled out in the mid-west by comparison with other regions. In the first allocation, 3,500 were allocated to the mid-west hospital group. In west Cork, including Kerry, 19,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: That brings me to my final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: I will be only a minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: With respect, part of my time was taken up in answering the question from Deputy Bríd Smith. My question will be quick. Regarding moving forward, we are being told that there could be ebbs and flows with the roll-out of the vaccine. In respect of engagement with the HSE, and the sequencing document, is there confidence that proper protocols and structures are in place to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: I thank Ms Ní Sheaghdha. We must get representatives from the HSA to appear before this committee.

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (8 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: In the first instance, I too welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to the House and I acknowledge the work she has done. The narrative and the media coverage up to just after Christmas was about the leaving certificate. Up to that point, the only person focused on special needs education and the need to get these young people back to school was the Minister of State, Deputy...

Seanad: Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Bill to the House and commend Senator Clifford-Lee on tabling it. As a matter of fact, it was not long after the Senator was elected to the House in 2017 that she spoke on this issue and highlighted it. It is good to see that Bills are finally coming to the House on such an important issue. The motions that came before the Seanad and the Dáil in 2019 set the agenda. In...

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

Martin Conway: I welcome our guests and commend them on the work they are doing during this pandemic. I will ask first about the 193 outbreaks that were identified in nursing homes, as of yesterday. Has the HSE done any tracing in terms of those outbreaks? What percentage of them is a result of community-based transmission and what percentage is a result of infection in acute hospitals? Has any research...

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

Martin Conway: That coheres with the message that community transmission ends up in nursing homes, whether we like it or not. The Covid-related temporary assistance payment scheme was set up to support nursing homes. How much has been paid out through that scheme to the private nursing homes to date?

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

Martin Conway: That is a total of just under €170 million. When the first wave of the pandemic hit us, PPE and so on were the big issues for the 400 members of Mr. Daly's organisation. Was that €170 million enough to ensure that Nursing Homes Ireland could cover its Covid requirements in terms of the range of services it provides, PPE and so on?

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

Martin Conway: Since that scheme was put in place, have there been any asks from Nursing Homes Ireland that were not granted and that would have reduced the number of cases or fatalities among its 400 members?

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

Martin Conway: I think everybody present is glad to hear that.

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

Martin Conway: I will ask one more question, if I may. Mr. Daly wanted his organisation to be represented on NPHET. What is its relationship with NPHET like at the moment? Does it have a relationship with NPHET? Mr. Daly made a very strong case in the media that private nursing homes should be represented on NPHET.

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

Martin Conway: I welcome our guests and commend them on the great work that they are doing. We had examples of where family members ended up getting vaccinated at the end of a day in order not to waste the vaccines. Will they receive a second dose as the other front-line workers will?

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

Martin Conway: Mr. Walsh might get back to us about it.

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

Martin Conway: On the sequencing, I have no doubt that much time and effort went in to ensuring the most appropriate people were lined up first. Have the witnesses had any political lobbying to alter the sequencing or move specific groups up for various reasons? Has any intense pressure been brought to make any changes to the sequencing?