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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Lastly, the issue of section 39 workers and how unfair that whole system is was discussed at a meeting a few weeks ago. In some cases, workers have not received a pay increase in ten years and do not have a pension, and so on. I do not know whether it is the same here, but in other sectors, what happens is that section 39 workers are headhunted by the private sector. Is that also another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Government needs to be using its voice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: We appreciate the witnesses' attendance. Hopefully, some action will be taken as a result. As was discussed in the first half of the meeting, there are a number of actions that we, as a committee, will follow through on. I appreciate the witnesses taking the time to attend and inform the committee today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I think we have come to the end of the questioning. The engagement has been helpful and informative. Do the witnesses wish to make any concluding remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Frances Black. There is one piece of housekeeping. Are the draft minutes of our public meeting on Wednesday, 29 January 2022 agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses from the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET: Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer; Dr. Ronan Glynn, deputy chief medical officer and Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the Irish epidemiological modelling advisory group. Before we hear the opening statements, I need to point out to witnesses that there is uncertainty as to whether parliamentary privilege...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. The members know the format. It is ten minutes for each slot and that is for questions and, hopefully, answers within that slot. I call Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I will move on. Deputy Lahart is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Before I move on, does Dr. Holohan want a bit more time to elaborate on the antigen test or is he happy with the answer given?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: The decision making and how NPHET came to the conclusion on antigens is one of the big issues people are asking about. We have asked for a written reply. I am just giving him a chance, if he wants, to expand on it more. If he is happy enough, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Does Dr. Glynn wish to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is great. I just thought it would appropriate to elaborate on it. A number of people have told me that, particularly around the Christmas period, they were concerned about meeting elderly people and whatever else. They were starting to use antigen tests and it was an element they felt was part of the safety process. However, I can understand what Dr. Glynn and Dr. Holohan are saying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Crowe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I think Deputy Burke is moving off the subject. We have NPHET before us this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I think Deputy Burke is straying off the subject in hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I have a few questions before we conclude. A few issues struck me during the meeting. The virus has been changing and there are different variants and so on. This may be an obvious question, but is there a process whereby the vaccines will at some stage be changed to strengthen people's immune system against the latest given variant? How long will that take and what is the process? At...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: That leads me to my next question. Does NPHET foresee a second round of booster doses for the general population in the next six or nine months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: Two weeks ago, what jumped out was not only the figure related to the incidence of Covid that existed in society day to day but also the figure relating to the number of deaths. I think the figure was 48 or 49 last week. Was that over a long period? If it had been announced a couple of months ago, this would have been a headline figure but this was just buried within a newspaper article or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: We have heard throughout the meeting mentions of people being afraid. Many of our population are now afraid of crowds and there has been a psychological impact in moving from being in lockdown to being able to freely enter pubs, restaurants and everything else. It is as though that is now all behind us but that psychological impact remains for many people. Young people say they are still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: I thank Dr. Holohan. It is important that we have this conversation and this message. It has been said during the meeting by many members but as Chair of the health committee I thank the witnesses for the work they did, for their accessibility to the committee, for their voices and time and for the commitment they made collectively to keep us all safe. As one of the members said, they have...