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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: I thank Dr. Glynn for answering all of the questions here today. I appreciate that he has had to take time out of what I am sure is an extraordinarily busy schedule to do so. Was Professor Nolan going to answer the question about ICU capacity increases?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: We are not; we are part of an island nation.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Sorry? Between what ages?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Why are we seeing milder disease?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: We are seeing milder infections.
- 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 every single case involving someone aged over 60 in Ireland is being hospitalised?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I never suggested it was, but is Professor Nolan saying every single case involving someone aged over 60 is being hospitalised?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Many residential care facilities have no medical officers, for example. There is care but it is very low-level medical care. If someone in such a facility had the flu, for example, he or she would be hospitalised.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I wish to bring this to a close. I could stay here and ask questions all day but I fear that would not be a productive use of the witnesses' time. It might be of mine, but their time is far more precious. My final question is this: what has been the increase in our ICU capacity since March?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. Glynn. Again, I thank both witnesses for coming here, answering all the questions and staying so long. I wish them the very best of luck in their endeavours to keep this under control.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, and his officials to the meeting and apologise for coming to them considerably later than anticipated. We are doing our best with time. I will not go through the statement on privilege if that is okay. The Minister has sat through enough meetings at this stage to have a rough idea of where we stand in that respect. I ask him to make his...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister for his opening statement, and I thank him for being so timely. Deputy Cullinane is taking ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Will the Minister answer the first question on how many people have been employed as it should be a short answer, and provide a written answer to the rest?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: On the Deputy's specific question, how many of the Be on Call for Ireland people who came back from Australia or wherever have been employed?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: Today is Wednesday - perhaps by the end of this week?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker is from the Fine Gael party. Deputy Burke has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: There will be a Fianna Fáil speaker in between.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker from Fianna Fáil is Deputy Murnane O'Connor, who has five minutes
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker is Deputy Durkan.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker is from the Green Party.