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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I welcome our witnesses to our meeting this morning. They will provide us with an update on the surge in the pandemic and the consequent demands being made on our health services, especially on our acute hospitals. The committee will address the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine at its meeting on Friday, 29 January. I welcome from the Department of Health Dr. Ronan Glynn, deputy chief...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Dr. Glynn and invite his colleague, Mr. Woods, to make his opening remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Woods for his opening remarks. Before I open up the meeting to members, I thank Mr. Woods on behalf of the committee for the work he and his colleagues have done, and continue to do, to address the onerous challenges posed by the spread of Covid-19. Our first questioner this morning is Senator Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Senator Conway, you have run out of time. I am moving on to the next speaker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Can you cut him off?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Senator Conway, you have run out of time. I am moving on to the next speaker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Deputy has no time left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Ms Fitzgerald will have to wind up please. I am sorry we have gone over our time. Can we have a written reply to Deputy Cullinane's question on the closed hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Great. I thank Mr. Woods.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Does Deputy Lahart realise that we will be dealing with vaccines next week?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I am afraid Deputy Hourigan's time has run out, unless she has one quick question to submit for a written reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I am sorry about that. I call the next speaker, Deputy Gino Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I can understand that the witnesses will be reluctant to criticise Government policy and I do not expect them to go into that area. Perhaps Dr. Glynn could reply to some of the Deputy's other remarks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: The Senator has run out of time. Could he put his questions? We will get a written reply to the ones for Mr. Woods.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Please do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: We cannot hear the Senator. Is it possible for her to put on her headset and speak into the microphone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Yes. We missed a lot of what she said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: Go ahead. It would probably be helpful if the Senator had a headset on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: We will be dealing with that next week, but Dr. Glynn may wish to respond quickly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)
Seán Crowe: I would like to ask a question. Afterwards, colleagues who have already asked questions will be allowed one question each. Yesterday, during Leaders' Questions, the Tánaiste said 30% of cases arise in the hospital setting. I heard Dr. Colm Henry state this morning that great efforts were being made to make hospitals as safe as possible. We are talking about 2,000 people in the...