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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Dolan and Deputy Colm Burke. I apologise to all of our witnesses for the fact that we had to rush through it. It has been the nature of this committee because we have health guidelines. We need to get our guests out of the committee room they are in now. I thank them very much for coming and answering all of our questions. I thank the Deputies who contributed. I said we...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: It is included.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does the Deputy wish to remove one of them?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The other is removed. Other than that, are all the amendments that have been circulated agreed to? Agreed. Is the report, as amended, agreed? Agreed. I thank the staff of the secretariat for all the work that went into this. In particular, I thank Mr. Bryan Coughlan for his work into the early hours of this morning and then a little bit later.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I welcome our witnesses, who are in committee room 2. From the Irish Cancer Society, I welcome Ms Rachel Morrogh, director of advocacy and external affairs, and Mr. Donal Buggy, director of services. From the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, I welcome back to the committee Ms Susan Clyne, chief executive officer, and welcome Dr. Peadar Gilligan from the IMO's consultant committee and Dr....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Ms Morrogh. I invite Ms. Clyne to make her opening remarks and ask that she also confine them to five minutes to allow for questions and answers.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Dr. Gilligan can reply further in writing. I thank him very much. Somebody else may wish to ask him about the same point, but I must give way to the next speaker, Deputy Colm Burke of Fine Gael. Is the Deputy taking ten minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The time Deputy Colm Burke takes will be taken from another Fine Gael speaker subsequently.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am sorry I had to cut across Deputy Burke but it is difficult to get everybody in.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Ms Clyne and Deputy McAuliffe. The next speaker is Deputy Duncan Smith.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Deputy. I again apologise that we must constrain everybody's time. Deputy Shortall will be similarly constrained to five minutes; I apologise.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: It is.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. McCauley and Deputy Durkan. I thank the Deputy also for stepping into the Chair. The next speaker is from Fianna Fáil. The Deputy is coming back in.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Buggy and Deputy McAuliffe. Deputy Funchion is next.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Ms Clyne said the IMO called for a total vaccination programme. When did it call for that total vaccination programme and what has been the response to date? I do not mean to limit the possibility to respond to Ms Clyne. It is open to all witnesses.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Has the IMO received a response on that yet?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does the IMO believe it should be free to everybody in the population?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: In response to Deputy McAuliffe and to me, Ms Clyne said that it would be administered within general practice. Is the vaccine currently administered by pharmacists?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Would Ms Clyne accept that it is safe to have the vaccine administered by pharmacists or does she think there is a particular danger at the moment posed by pharmacists administering the vaccine?