Results 6,141-6,160 of 6,207 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry but Deputy Shanahan is out of time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thank you, Mr. Woods and Mr. Breslin. Deputy Burke has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have gone way over but we had extra time. I see we have another speaker. I call Deputy McGuinness.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy McGuinness.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to take the opportunity to thank everyone and to thank the witnesses, not just for their attendance today and the preparation for it, but for all the work they have done over this period. The exceptional work and commitment to public service epitomises public service values, has been extraordinary and they have worked extraordinarily hard. If I never got to say anything else on this,...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Breslin said that a decision was made very quickly in respect to private hospitals; in a matter of days. Can he give us a sense of how quickly? What sort of period did he have to make that decision?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At the same time, NPHET had suspended - if that is the correct term - general access to the hospitals in order to try to reduce community transmission and infection within hospitals.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As a representative, the queries I was getting in the first instance related to whether people could get access to treatment, and that got resolved pretty quickly. People were getting access, for example, to injections to the eye - I do not want to get the term wrong - or continuing cancer treatment. Now the questions are about getting access to ongoing diagnostic tests. I am sure Mr....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: If I take five minutes, will Deputy McGuinness come after me?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Grand. If I take five minutes, my colleague can also take five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for attending. I acknowledge the phenomenal and committed work of individuals in the sector who have worked really hard. I have stayed in touch with those in my area and last week we raised the issue of testing and tracing. I will be raising a significant matter that arises with respect to insurance but Mr. Daly is representing Nursing Homes Ireland, a representative...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Was Nursing Homes Ireland disappointed with the level of engagement on the part of Dr. MacLellan?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On 5 March, Dr. MacLellan indicated: "There is a Department briefing ...and I have asked that you are invited - I hope to see you there." The reply from Mr. Daly states: Thank you Kathleen, I acknowledge commitment to ensure that residents and staff in the private and voluntary nursing home sector are encompassed in all Government planning. There is some correspondence back and forth....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Correspondence dated 13 March states: "Dear Kathleen ... Thank you again. We wish to acknowledge your engagement ... We are committed ... and thank you for your participation." I appreciate that there is back and forth and clarity in respect of PPE and that that was an issue. I appreciate that testing was an issue. I appreciate that these were issues, collectively and nationally, not just...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. That is no problem.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Ms Buckley and the HSE staff for attending. I will ask Ms Buckley a couple of brief questions to clarify some figures. How many centres are there operating now and how many were operating previously?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Will Ms Buckley confirm the total number of residents there, including those who have permission to reside?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know, but I am asking for the total number, including those with permission to reside.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department relocated approximately 600 of that number.