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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Did that have anything to do with spectators?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Were there cases in meat plants and other settings as a result?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Is Professor Nolan saying that our system is better than the Danish system?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Will Professor Nolan provide an answer in writing to Deputy Burke's question and the associated documentation?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Could Deputy Cronin speak into the microphone? Apparently, it is difficult to be heard in the committee room.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: On that issue of meat factories, Dr. Glynn mentioned the need for a proportionate response and Professor Nolan also mentioned the need for proportionality. As counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly were locked down, we heard from Meat Industry Ireland and the HSA, and they confirmed that 39 meat plants had been inspected, of which 30 inspections were pre-announced. The day after it was...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: I have heard all of that. I hope that everybody recognises the need to wash their hands and to avoid congregated settings and places that are busy. I am asking whether 39 visits to meat plants, when there has been cluster after cluster after cluster in this State and in many other states across the world, is proportionate, given there were 6,000 visits to licensed premises in one weekend...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Dr. Glynn is happy that it is proportionate. I will move on to the next question. The affected areas order was made in respect of every area of the State on 7 April. Has that been reviewed in respect of any area of the State since then? It was made on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer. As acting Chief Medical Officer, has Dr. Glynn been asked whether there is known or believed to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: There were five counties in respect of which there was a four-week period with no reported case. Is Dr. Glynn happy that, in those counties and in the areas of those counties, there was sustained human transmission at the time there was no reported case for four weeks?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: What period of time is needed?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: I appreciate that. I am not asking Dr. Glynn to predict the future. He is a scientist and what he says is based on evidence rather than conjuring up anything. I am asking him what is the period of time. He said he needs a period of time. What is the period of time?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Dr. Glynn said he believes there is sustained human transmission in a county where there has been no reported cases for four weeks.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: I will try to make it clear. In circumstances where there is no reported case of Covid-19 in a county for a period of four weeks, in Dr. Glynn's view is it fair to say that there is sustained human transmission in that county during that period of time?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: That is all I am asking. Can Dr. Glynn say there is sustained human transmission, or that there is known to be or believed to be sustained human translation in that period of time?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Likewise, can we say there is sustained human transmission if there is no reported case?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Potential is not-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: We heard Dr. Glynn say today that in Germany 40% of cases are associated with travel. We were told about outbreaks in bars in Spain and the United Kingdom, when we decided we would not open ours. If Dr. Glynn is aware of these figures from Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, presumably the health authorities in those countries are also aware of them. Beyond the fact that we have a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: I agree. While Dr. Glynn has been answering questions I had an opportunity. I very much appreciate all of the questions he is answering. His advice is key not just to the State's health response but also how the economy functions at present. The Robert Koch Institute, which is one of the primary institutes looking at this in Germany, very much backs up the figures Dr. Glynn cited. I am...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: I have two brief questions. The expert advisory group on nursing homes recently reported to the Department. Are any of its members being appointed to NPHET? Anecdotally I have heard, very regrettably, about a lot more suicides than I have for a considerable period of time. This is during the summer before we head into a long, dark winter. Are there any representatives of psychiatry or...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: Am I correct in saying that many countries, including Ireland, have witnessed an increase in detected cases but that has not, thankfully, been accompanied by an increase in hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths? How much have we increased our ICU capacity by since the initial lockdown in March? It seems to be an international trend. From what I understand, Dr. Glynn said the only...