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

Louise O'Reilly: Is Dr. Kelleher saying that internal debate is ongoing within the Department, between the Department and the HSE, or with the representatives of workers and all stakeholders?

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

Louise O'Reilly: I am asking the HSE to have that debate. Is there someone specific who would need to ask Dr. Kelleher in order to spark that debate? It strikes me as an important debate.

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

Louise O'Reilly: It is a fairly urgent matter so it would be much appreciated if it were dealt with in days rather than weeks. Dr. Kelleher might correspond with me to advise at what stage his thinking is. It seems to me that the matter does not require a scientific interpretation. It is simply a fact that an injury acquired as a part of one's work is considered an occupational injury under normal...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our witnesses for all of the information they have provided and for their commitments to follow up on some of the information requested. As an aside, I welcome the fact that some Independent Members are now joining Sinn Féin's call for a domestic supply of personal protective equipment to be made available. We were a bit of a lone voice in that regard so it is very nice to have...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Is it considered on a per item or per procedure basis or is it about obtaining a certain number of theatre hours or CT scan hours or a certain amount of diagnostic capacity? Is it a matter of a certain amount of money for a certain procedure, with a reduction if a certain amount is bought? I am confused about that. I have been looking at this for a while and it strikes me that not much...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry, but when Mr. Woods says things such as that it will depend on how the market responds it does not fill me with a massive amount of confidence. The market responds by making as much money as the market can make and Mr. Woods knows that as well as I do. The catch-up programme is something I raised with the previous Minister for Health on a number of occasions. We know there has...

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

Louise O'Reilly: The 80,000 women who will receive a test will be additional to the normal 20,000 tests that fall due every month. Presumably they are the women who would have had their smear test in the normal course of events if it was not for Covid. Does the HSE have the laboratory capacity for that? I had suggested an information campaign and I am glad that it was taken up. If they all respond between...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I am not certain that that answers my question but I will move on anyway. There are 97 people on trolleys today. I have always used the INMO figures that track it and do not want to get into it with Mr. Woods. What is the status of additional capacity in the Arena in Limerick and in City West? I know there was talk earlier about using and creating modular capacity. For the capacity...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Is the capacity 100?

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

Louise O'Reilly: Has anyone ever been in the City West conference centre facility?

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

Louise O'Reilly: No, sorry-----

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

Louise O'Reilly: I am talking about sick people.

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

Louise O'Reilly: How much are we paying for it?

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

Louise O'Reilly: It has been in the papers, which state that it is approximately €25 million.

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

Louise O'Reilly: Does the HSE have staff to work at it, if it is to be used? We are paying for it and there are 97 people on trolleys, so I can think of 97 people who might go there.

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

Louise O'Reilly: Are they staff already in the system who would be redeployed? Presumably Mr. Woods would be taking staff out of Tallaght if there are people on trolleys in Tallaght, and they would be moving to City West. There are no additional staff.

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

Louise O'Reilly: There will not be any additional staff employed. Student nurses will graduate and presumably they will all get a contract of employment, but there is no additional recruitment or a plan to staff these. To provide staff for these centres will only remove staff who are already working in hospitals.

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

Louise O'Reilly: It is only until October.

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

Louise O'Reilly: Winter is coming.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I will send the Tánaiste a copy.