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

Martin Conway: That is very encouraging because the political system needs to sell the message that the sequencing has been done in an appropriate way and we need to defend it. When the officials from the HSE appeared in front of the committee before Christmas, they expressed confidence that the ICT system would be up and running prior to the vaccination process beginning. Clearly, that did not happen....

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

Martin Conway: Is Mr. Thompson is confident that the ICT system having to catch up will not compromise the data or create any errors? Is he confident that everything is in sync, to the greatest extent possible, in respect of the safety of patients' records?

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

Martin Conway: My final question, because I am conscious of time, concerns communication. Work has to be done on the communication. Who on the team is in charge of communicating with the public?

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

Martin Conway: My point is that there needs to be one person dealing with the communication, who would become the public face of the vaccination programme and who would go before the media, daily if necessary. Ms Headon is correct that the information has to be accurate but, unfortunately, we live in a world of social media, where information has to be provided quickly as well.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister of State to the House on this important issue. I agree with my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee, about the Irish language. To add to that, the information should also be available in Braille so that the blind community has full access to it. I do not doubt that the Minister of State will send this message to the officials to ensure that happens. There have been many...

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

Martin Conway: Like others I acknowledge your presence in the Chair today, which is most appropriate. I acknowledge that you have spoken regularly on many other issues, but this one in particular. You have a particular insight, which has enormously benefited the discourse. I commend you on that. I welcome the Minister to the House. Nobody could question his sincerity in trying to right the wrongs of...

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

Martin Conway: I thank the Chairman and reiterate his comments in terms of thanking our guests for the fantastic work they are doing on all our behalf. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Woods and then a couple for Dr. Glynn. I will start with Mr. Woods. I can only imagine it is worrying from his perspective that 6,000 staff in the acute hospitals are out sick at the moment. I imagine the vast...

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

Martin Conway: In terms of the private hospital capacity, does Mr. Woods have to hand figures on how much of the private hospital capacity the HSE is using at present either for Covid or non-Covid public patients? I understand that the HSE is at surge capacity and I would be interested in those figures. On a general point, is Mr. Woods confident that the high level of care that has been provided in our...

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

Martin Conway: Would it be correct to say then that no intensive care patients are getting one-to-one treatment and care from an intensive care trained nurse but that they are getting one-to-one treatment and care from nurses who are supervised by intensive care trained nurses?

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

Martin Conway: That is fine. I thank Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Woods. I have a couple of questions for Dr. Glynn. I thank Dr. Glynn for all the great work he is doing. On 30 December, the restrictions in existence now were introduced by the Government. Is Dr. Glynn disappointed that there are still 2,000 to 2,500 cases a day given the fact that we are now over three weeks into new level 5 plus...

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

Martin Conway: Would Dr. Glynn be surprised if schools are actually back in the main before St. Patrick's Day?

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

Martin Conway: Is Dr. Glynn concerned there is still too much activity around, say, Dublin city centre in terms of traffic and movement?

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

Martin Conway: Finally, just one-----

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

Martin Conway: -----we are all in our offices.

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

Martin Conway: I observed and I listened with great-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Martin Conway: I, too, wish everybody all the best for 2021. Hopefully, it will be a better year than 2020. I hope also that it will be a better year for young people, particularly students. I have been particularly troubled over the past couple of weeks by the issue of a return to school. None of us really believed the schools would resume on 11 January and it transpired that that was the case. When...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Martin Conway: On a point of order, my good friend and colleague, Senator Boyhan, said there was no male Senator here at the beginning of the debate. For the record, I was here for the Minister's speech but I had to step out for about ten minutes to do a prearranged media interview. I have been here for the entire debate since.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: I was listening in my office when Senators Crowe and Casey spoke. My heart sank when I heard what they had to say about the hospitality industry and what it has suffered because they are so right. The news last night was yet another blow to the sector and I agree with what others have said on the need for clarity. Clarity is important and I hope it will come in the next day or two....

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

Martin Conway: Just in case I do not get the opportunity to speak tomorrow, I want to wish the Cathaoirleach a very happy Christmas. This is his first Christmas as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad and he has done a great job so far. He has been very co-operative and supportive of Members and a great ambassador for Seanad Éireann. I thank him for that. I also want to acknowledge the work done by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: Along with other speakers I want to mention the work Professor MacCraith has done but I have a couple of questions. First, the message that the IT system will be ready on the day the vaccine arrives, which Mr. Paul Reid said would be the case, is very welcome but the critical point is public confidence. Does Professor MacCraith believe it is a mistake that the IT system is not ready now in...