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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will ask a different question. Will Mr. Quinn, as chief executive of HIQA, release all that correspondence now outside of FOI to help those families get closure?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am asking Mr. Quinn a different question.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will Mr. Quinn meet with the family members?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will he meet with the family members?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not acceptable. I do not accept that. This is about HIQAs correspondence about people in a nursing home who, I believe, died in appalling circumstances. I will ask a different question. Is HIQA carrying out an inspection or an inquiry into what happened in that home?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am short on time. Is HIQA carrying out and inquiry or an inspection?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: HIQA is not inquiring into their deaths.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is the answer, there is no inquiry. These people are crying out for an inquiry. I will ask Ms Cliffe a separate question as regards Kilbrew nursing home. The HSE received four notices of concern from Sage Advocacy regarding the appalling treatment of a person who subsequently died there with infected wounds and with maggots in their face. What did HIQA do when it got those four...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Fair enough. In a nursing home where a man and his son died, with infected maggots in his face, HIQA got four notices of concern from Sage Advocacy. What did it do about them?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Has HIQA met with the family?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is HIQA carrying out an inspection or an inquiry into the care of those patients?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate the honesty of Ms Cliffe's reply. I am deeply concerned by this self-serving statement from HIQA. I am horrified by the worry and-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: -----the pain of those families if it is going to happen into the future. I welcome the changes that are coming in this document. We must look after these relatives in a far more careful and caring way. I charge the witnesses with not being accountable to them. HIQA is the regulator and they have not got closure. They will not get it until they get an inquiry. That is what is needed,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 875 of 3 June 2020, if further progress has been made in respect of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA exceptional review process will be expedited in respect of the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth; if it will be ensured that the school and family have a confirmed date for the process; if it will be further ensured that the process is fast-tracked in order for the child to receive the appropriate and required SNA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reductions in teacher numbers will be frozen until such time that schools (details supplied) in County Louth have managed the Covid-19 pandemic and are in a position to manage an increase in class numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (9 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping exercise for Drogheda, County Louth announced on 21 August 2020; the date of commencement and other relevant details on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22882/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Travel Trade Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) about the future of travel companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) in respect of the future of the VRT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21548/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the music and entertainment industry will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21198/20]