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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Has any response been received? Was there any kind of encouragement from the Department regarding taking this up or has HIQA been stonewalled?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: That is fine. I want to be clear on whether HIQA has physically visited any of those nursing homes in which there have been outbreaks. We know the inspectors need to use PPE etc., but have they gone in person to where there have been outbreaks?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: That will happen in places where there are outbreaks.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: That is good to know. In terms of the gerontological expertise within the leadership of HIQA, I understand none of the 15 Covid-19 health technology assessment guidance focuses on older people in nursing homes. What is the expertise for the nursing home area within the leadership of HIQA in terms of this crisis?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Is that being addressed now? Has HIQA acknowledged that this lack of expertise should have been addressed previously and is it now rectifying the situation?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank Mr. Quinn and Ms Dunnion for their responses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I direct my first question to Ms Buckley. The direct provision system is what I consider to be an inhumane and difficult system in which people must survive. Ms Buckley mentioned that she will be back in terms of some regular business and try to process applications for citizenship. If we are on a downward trend for Covid-19, and hopefully we are, there are fears of a second wave and a flu...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Would Ms Buckley be minded to recommend to the Minister to change any criteria at this time in light of what has happened during this outbreak? Would she be sending any memos to the Minister on the basis of her experiences in the past few weeks?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: My next question is for the HSE and follows on from Deputy Joe O'Brien's questions on testing. We have had 1,734 tests so far. What are the criteria as regards further tests? Is it just people who have developed symptoms or who have asked to be tested because of that, or is there a protocol for further systematic testing in direct provision centres? Are there concerns that people in the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: In a word, there is no recurrent, consistent testing of people in direct provision.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Ministers for attending this evening.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am going to speak, ask some questions and leave some time for the Ministers to answer. I start by echoing our support for the call SIPTU has made for a taskforce for the farm to fork process for the meat industry. We believe the return to work protocol document is strong. We have major concerns, however, about how it is going to be implemented across several sectors, one being the meat...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Kind of, yes. I am certainly a nature lover. I am a committed angler and like other Deputies and many people throughout the country I have seen a silver lining in this pandemic by enjoying nature and in being allowed to enjoy nature more than we usually are. I shall front load my contribution with some questions and I would appreciate a written response from the Minister to anything she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for the over 70 medical card by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [6492/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (20 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 1263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6491/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (20 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: 1420. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the reports of the largest poisoning of birds of prey for a number of years which happened recently in County Cork; if there is an investigation underway into this case; if there is funding in place and strategies to combat the systemic harm and poisoning of the under threat birds of prey; and if she will make a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: Will we be allowed a few minutes to get back to our offices?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I would like to direct most of my questions to the CMO. I wish to go back and forth on the questions as the answers should not take too long. I would like to thank the CMO and the Secretary General for all their work, and for the leadership that they have shown over the last number of months. What was the CMO's thought process in terms of announcing the capacity for 100,000 tests per...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I appreciate that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am not disputing the amount that is needed.