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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: Tea, coffee and mince pies are available upstairs. People need only say they were attending the committee. I was going to organise that for the committee but was advised we could not it because of Covid restrictions. If people want to have a cup of tea and a mince pie after the meeting, they are on the house.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: Following the meeting, it is intended to issue a statement to the effect that the committee is supportive of the vaccine programme. We had a discussion on that yesterday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: There is a debate to be had on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: The draft minutes of last week's meeting of 9 December have been circulated. The minutes also addressed the issues and items of correspondence considered at our private meetings of 1 and 8 December. Are the draft minutes agreed? Agreed. As members do not wish to raise any other issues, we will proceed to our discussion.

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

Seán Crowe: I welcome all the witnesses who will be presenting to us this morning by video link and who will provide us with a briefing on the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination. As members are aware, the High-Level Task Force on Covid-19 Vaccination published its national Covid-19 vaccine programme strategy and its accompanying vaccination programme implementation plan yesterday afternoon. I welcome...

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

Seán Crowe: I must stop Professor MacCraith. We have the rest of the statement. We are under time pressure as we must leave the committee room within two hours. I apologise for cutting him off.

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

Seán Crowe: I now invite Professor Butler to make her contribution.

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

Seán Crowe: On behalf of the committee, I thank everyone for the work they have done and continue to do to address the challenges of Covid-19. Today's meeting is evidence of the first glimmer of light. Professor Butler spoke of it being an exciting time filled with hope. There is a glimmer of light that might, with an effective roll-out and take-up of the vaccine programme, see us emerge from the...

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

Seán Crowe: Again, someone might come back with a response.

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

Seán Crowe: The IT system.

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

Seán Crowe: We will write to the Department. I am aware that sniffer dogs are being used in Finland as part of an experiment.

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

Seán Crowe: Deputy Naughten is our last contributor and he has about two minutes.

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

Seán Crowe: Is there a response on the adequacy of the legislation in terms of the unique identifier?

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

Seán Crowe: Will anyone comment on that? Perhaps the witnesses would come back with a written response.

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

Seán Crowe: I must bring the meeting to an end. I had a number of questions myself but, unfortunately, I will not have time to ask them. One of the obvious questions relates to what we started off the meeting talking about, namely, the 76,000 plus people who had Covid. Where are they in terms of prioritisation within the programme? Are they included? Many of them have underlying conditions from...

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

Seán Crowe: I thank Professor Butler very much. I appreciate the input of the witnesses into the meeting. It was very useful. It is the start of a conversation. I hope to meet all the witnesses again in the new year. This meeting concludes our work for 2020, thankfully, on a very positive note after a very tough year. The committee will meet again at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 13 January 2021 when we...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (15 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: 364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons waiting for an appointment after applying to be issued a PPS number. [43191/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: We will commence with draft minutes and correspondence. The meeting last week was of the select committee and this followed two private meetings on Tuesday, 1 December and Tuesday, 8 December. I take it the minutes of our last joint committee meeting of 18 November, the actions relating to the items of correspondence received and dealt with at the two private meetings, and the draft spring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: If members have particular concerns before the meeting next week, we can forward these to the HSE. We have only a two-hour window today. I appreciate the comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Crowe: I wish to introduce our witnesses from the HSE and the Irish Cancer Society. They will be presenting remotely to us this morning and will provide us with an update on cancer screening and care services in these demanding Covid-19 times. I welcome from the HSE Professor Risteárd Ó Laoide, director, national cancer control programme, Ms Fiona Murphy, chief executive, National...