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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: If it was a situation that we were able to deal with this problem and a vaccine was identified in the morning, what is Mr. McGowan's estimate regarding the timeframe when we could get back up to a normal running of business? How long would it take for both the airports and the airlines to recover the losses they have now suffered?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Belfast International Airport, which has flights coming in from a far larger number of destinations than Dublin, Cork, Shannon or any of the other airports. How would Mr. McGowan advise the Government on dealing with that challenge and how should we approach it from the point of view of the numbers coming in through Belfast who are free to travel throughout the Thirty-two Counties?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: To go back to the questions I asked earlier, reference was made to the need for a more co-ordinated approach between Belfast and the Irish Government. I referred to a number of destinations from where flights come to Belfast. Will the witnesses elaborate on what they believe should be a more co-ordinated approach? I am not clear on what exactly they feel is the best way forward in dealing...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is Mr. Cullen suggesting there would be an increase in the level of flights coming in, in the same way as what operates in Belfast?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is he saying that all of the destinations from where flights are identified as coming into Belfast should also be entitled to come into Dublin, Cork and Shannon?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: The number coming into Belfast is far higher than what is coming into Dublin, Cork or Shannon. What I am asking Mr. Cullen is whether he is saying that flights from the destinations coming into Belfast should also be allowed to come into Dublin, Cork or Shannon.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on International Travel (24 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I will leave in my colleagues.

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: First Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of professional home care, for that purpose to amend the Health Act 2007 and to provide for related matters. The Law Reform Commission produced a report in December 2011 recommending that a legislative framework be put in place relating to people who provide home care. It also recommended...

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: First Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Health (Amendment) (Professional Home Care) Bill 2020: First Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional school bus will be provided for the 42 children in the Watergrasshill, County Cork, catchment area who have to travel to a secondary school in Fermoy, County Cork, in view of the fact that the secondary school in their catchment area does not have the capacity to accommodate them; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (21 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an immediate review will be carried out of the registration of deaths to reduce the time period for registration of deaths in order to provide more accurate information in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17321/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: 750. To ask the Minister for Health if a social media campaign on Covid-19 specifically aimed at young persons will be designed and implemented by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17318/20]

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

Colm Burke: I thank all the speakers this morning for all the submissions they already have made and for the work that has been done over the last four months in particular. I wish to raise an issue from the HSE report about the breakdown of healthcare workers. One of the concerning figures is of the 8,260 workers - it is now up slightly from 8,260 - some 2,878 of those identified with Covid-19 had...

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

Colm Burke: The figure of 2,878 is quite high. Is Mr. Donnelly aware of whether some of those people had requested not to be assigned to the particular roles they were asked to take on?

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

Colm Burke: I am aware of two or three cases where someone who had been through treatment for cancer had returned to work in the HSE, yet was required to work on the front line. Did the witnesses come across cases of people who had medical conditions and clearly indicated to management that it was inappropriate for them to be on the front line, but management ignored their requests to be assigned to...

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

Colm Burke: Where did the policy come from? Did it come from HSE management or the Department of Health?

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

Colm Burke: I will move on to the wearing of face masks. I received quite a number of emails at a very early stage from people on the front line who wanted to wear face masks, but it appears that a decision was taken at a local level, by individual medical units, nursing homes or whatever, that masks were not required. Did the witnesses hear from people who had made requests that those in charge of a...

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

Colm Burke: I will move on to consider how we go forward. Over the nearly six years from December 2014 to now, the number of people working full-time in the HSE, whole-time equivalents, has gone from 103,000 to 123,000, which is an increase of 20,000 staff members. That increase obviously applies across all areas, including management, administration, care assistants, nurses and doctors. Where should...

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

Colm Burke: What kind of numbers are we talking about over the next three years in real terms? How can 5,000 positions be filled over a three-year time period? That is the kind of time period we are talking about.