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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)
Seán Crowe: 1096. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will address the current situation for children with profound needs in the catchment area; when supports and services will resume; the number of children that are currently awaiting such supports in all CHO areas in tabular form; the estimated time it will take to address the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: As this week's meeting was unscheduled, we will leave our minutes and correspondence until the next meeting. Does any member wish to raise any other matters before I introduce our guests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Is that agreed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: I welcome our guests to the meeting. They will all present remotely by video link and provide us with an update on contact tracing for Covid-19. I welcome from the HSE, Ms Niamh O'Beirne, national lead for testing and tracing, Dr. Kevin Kelleher, assistant national director of public health and child health, and Mr. Damien McCallion, national director of emergency management and director...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses. They are all very welcome. They know the format of these meetings. The various political groupings ask questions. They have ten minutes each in the first round. They are supposed to get their replies within those ten minutes, within reason. The first group comprises Senators Kyne and Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Whoever wishes to respond may go ahead. The witnesses have about five minutes to answer those ten questions, so I wish them the best of luck.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Mr. McCallion is going to answer that now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Could Dr. Kelleher let the Deputy back in? I do not know whether he can hear what is going on. The Deputy has seven minutes for both questions and answers. She has tried to make a couple of interventions. I ask her to proceed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Can that be done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: There is clearly a contradiction in what the witnesses are saying and what is on the website. Deputy Shortall has a quick point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Deputies Colm Burke and Durkan will share the next slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: We have run out of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: My apologies for not bringing in the Independent Deputy. I thought he was substituting for Senator Frances Black.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Can we have a quick response? I will move on to the next member.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: The frustration for the committee and many of the Members of the Houses arises because we could understand, maybe earlier on in the pandemic, that the HSE was securing staff from different elements within it but in key areas, such as the CHO 7 area which Deputy Durkan and I cover, the team for children of school age with special needs has almost collapsed. In speech and language therapy,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Ms O'Beirne will come back to us with those figures at some stage, as was asked earlier on. There are only two more members looking to come in. Perhaps they would ask a question each.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: The Senator has one question, sorry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: I thank all the witnesses for their helpful engagement this morning. Apologies if they were cut off at certain times. It is the nature of how we are trying to conduct these meetings. I hope we can continue this conversation. I look forward to some of the written answers and to meeting the witnesses again in person. At the next meeting on Wednesday, 4 November, the committee will meet...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (21 Oct 2020)
Seán Crowe: Following our private meeting yesterday afternoon, are the minutes of 14 October 2020, the actions relating to correspondence and additions to the work programme agreed?