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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 608. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a nursing home (details supplied). [16490/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the status of patients affected by pelvic mesh medical deficiencies in view of the UK Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety review published in July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16905/20]

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

Paul McAuliffe: A number of questions I identified have already been asked so I will not ask the witnesses to answer them again. It is interesting to look back at some of the contributions and the words used. Ms Murphy used the phrase "catapulted into" and Ms Monahan spoke about the context and what Covid-19 was like. Looking back on the time when this happened, obviously, there are things we could not...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Given the availability of the flu vaccine, both for healthcare workers and, I understand, target groups - we have identified 1.9 million vaccines - the HSE does not seem to be progressing a population-wide programme with the objective that everyone in the population will have the same level of access that healthcare workers have. That will have an impact on the number of people presenting to...

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

Paul McAuliffe: No, it is fine.

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

Paul McAuliffe: By agreement with the Chair, 20 minutes have been allocated but we propose to take-----

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

Paul McAuliffe: I propose to take five minutes, as will Deputy Devlin, with the latter ten minutes towards the end. I want to come back to the testimony Ms Murphy gave this morning. While she was making her own case, she was speaking on behalf of many nurses about the mental health impact and post-traumatic stress of experiencing exceptional circumstances, which, nonetheless, have left many healthcare...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. Sisson is saying that every staff member has access to the sort of external debriefing that the INMO said in the previous session was not available.

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

Paul McAuliffe: If that is the case, then there is clearly an issue. Those who are representing the workers and the workers themselves do not believe that is available and she is saying that it is. That means there has been a failure to communicate the availability of those services to people. I imagine, given that they are in a state of trauma and are going through a mental health crisis, there is an...

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

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. Kelleher. As I said earlier, the world was catapulted into this scenario. There was clearly a lack of preparedness, not by design although there were systematic shortfalls. We struggled to keep up with what was an unexpected pandemic. There will be additional waves. We will not be able to rely on the same response and will have to be more prepared. The figures for...

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

Paul McAuliffe: I thank both organisations for attending today. I hope to use some of the responses the witnesses will give in the sessions with the HSE later on. What level of engagement have the Irish Cancer Society and the IMO had with either the HSE or the Department since the pandemic in terms of the restoration, or as has been said, the improvement of services?

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

Paul McAuliffe: I was going to say "Ms Morrogh", but I am very familiar with her from my days on the rare disease task force so it seems quite strange to address her so formally. Perhaps Rachel would outline the feedback from the cancer support line on the impact on the mental health of patients who have already been diagnosed with cancer. Could she outline some of the experiences she has heard about,...

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

Paul McAuliffe: To expand on that point, I have been contacted by several people who have rare forms of cancer. They have found the lockdown period very difficult. However, as we emerge from lockdown there is so much uncertainty about how they can safely operate in society and the period for which this will continue is indeterminate. In many ways this is having a more severe impact on their mental health....

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

Paul McAuliffe: The submission outlines the need for a clear communications campaign on the signs and symptoms of cancer and to encourage people to attend their healthcare professionals on that. Has there been any positive feedback from the HSE on that? Radio and television are full of advertisements on Covid-19. Has any of that pre-booked advertising been considered to target those who may be developing...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Based on what the Irish Cancer Society has been hearing on the cancer support line, what has been the experience for those patients undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy treatment who may have suppressed immune response?

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

Paul McAuliffe: The backlog was discussed earlier. Has the HSE discussed how that backlog may be addressed with either of the organisations? Will it address it purely through the public system, or will it seek short-term capacity from the private system?

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

Paul McAuliffe: To come back to the point, Dr. McCauley or Dr. Peadar Gilligan mentioned the issue of the flu vaccination. Obviously, in the fight against Covid, a comprehensive and more widespread flu vaccination programme will be needed. I wonder if both organisations, particularly the IMO but also in terms of cancer patients, might comment on what they would like that vaccination programme to look like...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Can we hear from the cancer society?

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

Paul McAuliffe: That point that vaccination saves lives needs to be underscored later on with the HSE as well. We have seen social media used positively, but during this pandemic we have also seen it used negatively in terms of misinformation. I support Ms Clyne's comments on the vaccinations. In terms of the other services the cancer society provides, fund-raising is a huge component, particularly in...

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

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Buggy said there will be a significant deficit. Is he prepared to put a figure on that?