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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place for students not in receipt of a SUSI grant residing in the State and studying in Northern Ireland to receive the €250 Covid-19 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3917/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medicinal Products (27 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: 695. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of the gene therapy drug, Luxturna, that treats inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, RP, and Leber congenital amaurosis, LCA, will be included as part of the additional €50 million in funding for new medicines allocated as part of Budget 2021; if he will consider funding when making a recommendation to the HSE drugs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for their dedicated public service. Has the Beacon Hospital actually signed up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: The schools issue has created an awful lot of division, aside from everything else. The CMO is a very well-respected national figure. What he says never falls on deaf ears. I wonder why he did not make his presence felt. It would have made a significant difference in the past week or ten days.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: This is where the CMO's voice, with the greatest respect to Dr. Glynn as the deputy CMO, would be really important. Would NPHET favour the return to school and the facilitation of the return to school of children with special needs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: I thank Dr. Glynn for that. The next question, and we are three minutes into my questions now, is whether NPHET favours the prioritisation of teachers and special needs assistants, SNAs, with regard to vaccinations or is it comfortable with the existing priority list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: I am not trying to be clever but it is a question that has been asked and it is a question relating to a number of other areas as well. Pending the abundance of supply that may hopefully arrive at the beginning of the second quarter, does NPHET see some degree of flexibility or elasticity in that priority list as situations demand or as supply arrives?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: I thank Dr. Glynn. I want to put on the record that if there was an unanticipated increase in the volume of vaccines available, together with the ability of human resources to deliver that vaccine into people's arms-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: Okay; I will leave that. With regard to messaging, I follow the daily press briefings but the messaging has not changed much, whether there were five people in ICU or 200 people in ICU. I mean this as a serious point but I believe there is a need to repurpose the messaging because NPHET has exhausted almost every adjective in the dictionary at this stage. The situation was viewed as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: We are not here to criticise the witnesses. Part of the role is to reflect public opinion and what we hear as constituency politicians. When people who are making an effort see workers on a building site or a shop open, it can have a corrosive effect. It might be useful, if it is appropriate, for Dr. Glynn to share with the committee the behavioural paper to which he referred. We would...
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: That concludes the speakers on questions. Before I call the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Feighan, to respond, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, wanted an opportunity to speak. There is some spare time if he wants to do so now.
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: I call Deputy Seán Canney for questions and answers or statements.
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: I call Deputy Dara Calleary, who is sharing time with Deputy Kieran O'Donnell. The Deputy can make a statement or have questions and answers.
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: The next speaker is Deputy Gino Kenny. Is it questions or statements?
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: It is Deputy Gino Kenny's time. He asked the question.
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: We are back to the Government side with Deputy Colm Burke. Is it statements or questions and answers?
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: The Minister gets to answer one of those. He has 30 seconds.
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: Yes.
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: The Minister will have a period at the end where he can do that. Deputy Daly has three and a half minutes. Has the Deputy questions or a statement?
- Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)
John Lahart: The next speakers are Deputies Christopher O'Sullivan and Cathal Crowe. Is Deputy O'Sullivan making a statement or asking questions, or both?