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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry, we are over time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Shanahan. Deputy O'Dowd has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Deputy Devlin is entitled to seven and a half minutes. How long does he intend to take?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We will do our best to accommodate everybody who is here.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy's time is up. I ask her to be brief.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy is five minutes into her time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I ask the witnesses to be brief.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I ask Deputy McNamara to be brief as I am trying to accommodate Deputy Murnane O'Connor?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Sorry, Deputy-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry but I have to allow Deputy Murnane O'Connor to contribute. Deputy McNamara has almost exceeded five minutes. I ask him please to accommodate me-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy. It is such an important point.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Would Deputy Murnane O'Connor like to ask another question?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor and all the Deputies. We will now suspend the sitting. I thank the witnesses for coming in and for all their work in recent months. It is very important to everybody, to families and children everywhere, that students get back to school and back to their routine.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will take more if there is time available.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is no problem. I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning. I want to focus on some of the practical experiences that parents and children are having in this first week back to school and, of course, it impacts different children at different ages. I refer to what Ms Lynch said about junior infants. The junior infant children have never experienced anything other than going...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It may take a couple of weeks for any child to settle back in, particularly this year. From a practical perspective at post-primary level, the absence of lockers and having to carry big, heavy books and also, perhaps, some gym gear or equipment for practical classes or whatever it may be, all adds to the anxiety of managing a day and managing it differently as well. Some of the videos have...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Chairman and thank Mr. Reid for coming in and for all of the work he is doing. I have a couple of quick questions on his statement. He talked about the median end-to-end turnaround time being 2.2 days. Does the complete turnaround time refer to all contacts contacted or contacted and tested? What does it mean exactly?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At an earlier point in this committee's work I recall reading that it must be done within 72 hours and I know that it was much longer when the HSE started so I want to congratulate Mr. Reid on getting to that point. Of course, there are outliers on both sides but it is important to acknowledge how far the work has come. I wish to talk now about education, people going back to school this...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Reid.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Please, I only have five minutes-----