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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: We can have two sessions on nursing homes and one on direct provision if the committee agrees to that. Rather than eating into our time now I would like to discuss it tomorrow. Perhaps we should push this discussion back until tomorrow. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will have to agree that tomorrow. There is another issue with regard to access to Microsoft Teams for parliamentary...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I acknowledge there was a discrepancy, albeit of five minutes rather than of more than five minutes. Sinn Féin had 17 minutes, Fianna Fáil had 15 minutes and Fine Gael had only 12 minutes. I will seek to remedy that this afternoon.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I understand we are joined from committee room 1 by our witnesses. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: We are joined by Mr. Paul Reid, CEO of the HSE; Ms. Anne O'Connor, also of the HSE, who is responsible for testing and tracing; and Dr. Colm Henry, chief clinical officer of the HSE. I thank them all for attending. There are three witnesses but we can only accommodate a maximum of two in the Chamber. The witnesses are therefore giving their evidence from committee room 1, where they can be...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask Mr. Reid to sum up if he can as he has gone over his five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Reid and I thank him for providing his opening statement in advance. I will call Fianna Fáil first. Deputy Butler has ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask Mr. Reid to reply to those questions. I am aware he cannot see the time limits we are operating under here in terms of the clock in the Chamber but there are six minutes remaining if he can reply to Deputy Butler's questions.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: My apologies to Dr. Henry, but I have to impose brutal time restrictions because we cannot be here for more than two hours and all members need to be able to ask their questions.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am working to ensure the witnesses can see the time but until then, the Deputy's suggestion is a reasonable one. I ask witnesses who have a phone to note the time available to them at the end of each slot.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the witnesses. I call Deputy Colm Burke. Is he taking time from somebody else?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: There is an additional two and a half minutes because the Deputy's earlier contribution was curtailed.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy has two minutes left. I can give that to one of his colleagues later.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: Thank you, Mr. Reid. Does Dr. Henry want to respond very briefly on the issue of preventable non-Covid deaths?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am sorry to cut you short. I appreciate that it is difficult without seeing the time periods that we have available. You are hamstrung in your answers. I apologise. We are seeking to remedy this for future witnesses, but it does not help you. I call Deputy Shortall.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Reid.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Reid.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. Henry. I call Deputy Michael Collins of the Rural Independent Group.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the witnesses. I now return to the second Fianna Fáil speaker, Deputy Norma Foley. I thank her again for her patience in the first session.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy can ask one very brief question.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)
Michael McNamara: Is Mr. Reid happy to answer any questions that have not been answered by way of correspondence?