Results 4,801-4,820 of 26,465 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Last week, we asked for correspondence on how the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, was established and between the various organisations about testing and other matters. Will we get that correspondence or are we waiting for the witnesses to decide on sending it to us?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: But not this-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: That is fine.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Some of the correspondence and statements arrive far too late.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Members do not get a chance to read all the stuff the committee is getting. We should get it earlier.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: I am disappointed that an earlier date has not been scheduled to discuss the issue of private hospitals.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: We should review that decision if this committee is to be meaningful because the issue is current.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: We are closing the gate when the horse is gone. That is about the size of it. We should reconsider this and I ask the working group to reflect on it.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: I will speak for five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: From reading the correspondence we received today and having listened to Mr. Daly's replies to various questions from members, it is clear that this is a huge scandal. As a country, we will reflect on what has happened with great sadness and shame. How best can we deal with all of the correspondence Mr. Daly has submitted to the committee and been asked about today? Separate from this...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: That is putting it mildly. What happened here is a complete failure of policy and a disregard for the care of older people. There are significant lessons to be learned from this, but the fact is that there is conflict, in the context of some of the issues raised, between Mr. Daly and the Department of Health, NPHET and so on. That conflict needs to be resolved. As policymakers, we need to...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: He should not dress it up.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Did nursing homes withhold information from family members in respect of care and the issues the sector faced?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: If Mr. Daly says no, that is fine. Did the nursing homes prevent the testing of staff within the homes? Was there a question around that? Did nursing homes try to avoid the testing of staff at some stage? Did some of them?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Can Mr. Daly check that out?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Is it not another scandal where the information required by families to make informed decisions about the care of their loved ones in these nursing homes was withheld from them?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: So nursing homes withheld the information.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: What are the current guidelines?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: What is the HSE's response to the various concerns raised by the two witnesses this morning? How many inspectors does HIQA have? Why is there a designated inspector for individual nursing homes? Would it not be better to have random inspections? Did HIQA receive any complaints from nursing home staff, families of residents or individuals with knowledge of nursing homes and the care of the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
John McGuinness: Can Ms Dunnion repeat that?