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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1320. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [22114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 1389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied). [22541/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I will take five minutes and give the remaining five minutes to Deputy Lawless. The Chairman might assist me in indicating when the five minutes is up.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate Mr. Reid and his team coming to us again today. I will take us back to the first days in March when there was an outbreak in a local school in my constituency. Some of the communications around the early stages were possible because there was a small number of incidents. Given the reopening of schools taking place, has the HSE looked at the communication strategy for what will...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Chairman-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: To be clear, I had ten minutes on this slot. Fianna Fáil has not-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, but the Chairman might remember that at the beginning, Fine Gael-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Sorry, Chairman. Fine Gael and Sinn Féin each had ten minutes at the beginning. Fianna Fáil has not had a ten-minute block for the entire session.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: This is incredibly unfair.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: We have not had a block of ten minutes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I thought I cleared that with you earlier. Obviously, I was wrong.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I congratulate all the public health officials and support them in their work. From the very outset of the crisis, there were some in society who wanted there to be more restrictions and, at the other end of the spectrum, there were others who believed the response was an overreaction. NPHET has charted a very sensible middle course between those two positions. In recent phases, we have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate the Minister coming before us. When the invitation was issued 14 days ago, the meeting was scheduled to address the increased restrictions in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly. Over the past 14 days, while it is disappointing that Kildare has not emerged from those restrictions, we have successfully managed the outbreak in those counties. By allowing the public health experts...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: On that subject, I have noticed media reports which suggest that it is intended to call other Ministers before the committee in August. I believe the Social Democrats wished to call the Minister for Education and Skills. Is it intended that the committee meet weekly throughout August? What other Ministers are to be called? It would be good to co-ordinate the committee's different...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I will ask a number of questions and yield the remainder of my time to Deputy James Lawless, who represents the Kildare constituency immediately impacted. I welcome Ms Patricia King and thank her for returning to this committee. I acknowledge the compelling evidence of Ms Labo on her direct contact with the workers impacted. I have two questions. There is no doubt that many of the terms...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I hesitate to interrupt, but Ms Labo has made a strong case as to why the-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Have workers' representatives been given any information as to how these clusters were initiated? What were their source? Have workers' representatives received any information from the public health authorities in that regard?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I apologise for the short time available. I yield the remainder to Deputy Lawless.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: There were ten minutes allocated to this speaking slot for Fianna Fáil.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sorry,-----