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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy O'Dowd. I call Deputy Cullinane and then Deputy Carthy.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I spoke briefly with Mr. Gildernew and I agree in principle that we should certainly look into that, given the Governments here and in Stormont are adopting a cross-Border approach. We can discuss the detail of that, and who is going to come in for the childcare sessions, on Friday morning. I call Deputy Carthy.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I note that position. Can we discuss this matter at the working group on Friday morning and reply accordingly?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: If that is everything, we can move on to the work programme. There was a meeting of the committee’s working group last Friday and members have been circulated with a draft programme to 23 June. We have secured a meeting with representatives of the World Health Organisation, WHO, for this Thursday and I am advised that is possible technologically, which is good news. The European...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: We will try to rotate it from the previous order. We will go with Fianna Fáil first for ten minutes and then Sinn Féin with ten minutes. That will be Deputy Carthy.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Then the first Fine Gael speaker will have ten minutes. I think that is Deputy Colm Burke.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: It will then be the normal progression from there, with the Green Party, the Labour Party and the Social Democrats.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. Cillian De Gascun, director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory, NVRL, and Professor Philip Nolan, president of NUI Maynooth, for joining us. I advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. If they are directed by the committee to cease giving...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Thank you Dr. De Gascun. I invite Professor Nolan to make his opening statement and ask him to also limit it to five minutes please.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Professor Nolan. I call on the first Fianna Fáil speaker who is Deputy Stephen Donnelly and he has ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Please allow a response.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: It is not really. Professor Nolan needs to be allowed to answer his question and then the Deputy can come back in.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Thank you, Deputy Carthy. I think they answered the question. They say there is interaction between their agencies.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am going to move on to the next Fine Gael speaker. Do you intend to take ten minutes, Deputy Burke?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Colm Burke. I call Deputy Noonan.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Deputy.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes. Deputy Shortall had a very specific question about the methodology of determining the R-nought rate, and asked it of Dr. Holohan. He said that it was being peer-reviewed for publication. We have not heard anything since. Can the witnesses enlighten us, because it is a question that has been asked again?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Could Professor Nolan send that in to us, if it has been published?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: That is great, thank you.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)
Michael McNamara: Thank you. Maybe we will have time for some questions at the end. I thank Professor Nolan. I call Deputy Shanahan for the Regional Group.