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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if concerns on driver theory test delays raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17230/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 734. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives to medication, such as support interventions, including duration of service offered to children with ADHD or their parents in each CHO area if different approaches and services exist. [17184/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO area from referral to assessment for children with queried ADHD. [17185/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO area referred for queried ADHD in each year since 2016. [17186/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists registered under the dental treatment services scheme by county monthly from January 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17301/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Fáiltím roimh na finnéithe. Tá jab an-mhaith déanta ag na daoine atá ag obair sa health service an t-am go léir. I have a question about the flu vaccine in preparation for the possibility of an outbreak of flu and the return of Covid-19. Do the witnesses' organisations have a policy on mandatory flu vaccination of all healthcare staff?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: What was the uptake last year?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is that not quite low? I appreciate Ms Ní Sheaghdha's point. I understand the issue of legally challengeable orders and I welcome Ms Ní Sheaghdha's commitment for everyone to get vaccinated.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: We all need to do more to ensure 100% uptake among those working in a health environment, particularly with vulnerable people and anybody in hospital is vulnerable in one way or another. How can we accelerate uptake, notwithstanding the legal issue Ms Ní Sheaghdha raises? I accept her point on legal advice but what can she say on the medical issue?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Research was recently published by the University of Edinburgh on the prevalence of Covid-19 in nursing home environments in particular. It referred to the high footfall of staff, including agency workers, cooks and maintenance engineers, going in and out of the largest homes. This is thought to be a key factor in the infection of elderly residents. I appreciate that Ms Ní Sheaghdha...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I understand the Ms Ní Sheaghdha's point. That is why I raise this research which is, I understand, the first academic research concentrating on the issue. What it found is that in larger care homes - I am not speaking about acute hospitals - the likelihood of infection is 20 times higher than in smaller care homes. As such, my question for Ms Ní Sheaghdha is one that concerns me...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a relative-in-law who is in a nursing home. He is being looked after extremely well and there is a very good mix of people working there. The problem is that when people are selecting a nursing home, they look for one near where they live and they do not know anything else about it. They go in and sign the contract of care, but there is no mandatory requirement on the nursing home,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I totally agree with what Ms Ní Sheaghdha is saying. That is the future for good, high-quality healthcare.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the witnesses. I agree fully with Dr. Kelleher's tribute to his staff and all those who worked to save so many lives. The tragedy is, notwithstanding that, families are deeply suffering and in pain right now. I have a couple of questions arising from the briefing note we received from Mr. Ray Mitchell in the HSE on testing for contacts of confirmed cases. We are told that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of the 2,900 people who were confirmed positive, it is very serious that 1,300 of their contacts did not turn up for their tests. Notwithstanding Dr. Doherty's reply, we need to interrogate the situation more and learn more about the status of those people, if there is an age profile and whether there was a cluster of cases. We need to know more. I do not doubt her intention to find out...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a very high figure. It is a huge figure and the witnesses need to do more work on it. This may mean the Garda calling, because these people are known with known addresses. The Garda should call and ask them, in the interests of public health, to turn up. The second question I have relates to the uptake of the flu vaccine, as well as to the certainty of the return of flu and the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (Resumed) (21 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I hear everything Dr. Sisson is saying but I am not hearing enough about outcomes. If we have an outbreak of Covid-19 again in the autumn, coupled with the flu, it will be an appalling vista in our hospitals and especially our accident and emergency departments. The HSE perhaps needs to consult with all of us, the Oireachtas, the Government and everybody to ensure that there is a huge...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I support all the speakers I have heard. We agree absolutely that we are in an appalling and unacceptable situation, not just for the families and their support but also for the people who actually have the disabilities such as autism and all other diagnoses and multiple diagnoses. In many cases these disabilities leave them with a very poor quality of life and the families are also really...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome our witnesses. I acknowledge the excellent work that has been done by the HSE and its staff, both administratively and medically. They have given huge support to people. The public perception of the HSE has changed significantly as a result of the way in which it has responded to the crisis. Its interventions in places such as Dealgan House nursing home in Dundalk have been...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome those responses. The HSE will spend €1 billion this year on PPE. What is the expected cost of PPE to the private nursing home sector and is the HSE charging the sector for its use of PPE?