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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Perhaps Mr. Ryan will come back to me in writing on that-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: -----to confirm there are appropriate changing facilities for staff for arriving at work and when leaving work, the same as those available in general hospitals. From the calls I have received on this matter, I understand that no facilities are available in some mental health units for staff changing.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Could I get in writing a confirmation that each unit now has appropriate changing facilities, be it showers or other facilities, available for staff, who are coming on duty and who are leaving duty?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Will the witnesses clarify the number of patients in mental health settings who contracted Covid-19? What kind of number are we talking about for those who were directly affected or who contracted Covid-19, and do we have numbers for staff also?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is that for the entire country?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the number of bereavements?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is that the total number who were in mental health facilities across the country?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Department and its staff for the work they have done over the last three or four months, which has been a very difficult time for everyone, as well as the teachers and boards of management around the country. There are a number of schools in my area where there is a difficulty with space. Some are on the programme for new classrooms and in one case a totally new school is due to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Some schools may not be on the building programme at the moment but are at capacity and it is now quite clear that we will need additional space for students because of the changes and regulations that will be in place. Will additional space be acquired between now and 1 September to accommodate those schools? I am talking in particular about schools in rural areas where it may not be that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: If additional space cannot be identified, will we have some pupils in between 8.30 a.m. and 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and another group of students from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. or 5 p.m.? Will this have to be done in some areas where additional space cannot be identified?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Do we have an idea of the overall percentage of schools where we may have a difficulty with space? I am not looking for numbers but are we looking at anything up to 15% or 20% of schools or is it a greater challenge than that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Are we talking about up to 500 schools where we may have a challenge with getting everyone back?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the biggest stumbling block the Department will come across between now and September in dealing with this issue?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I will take ten, although I might not use all of them. I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I will deal with one or two of the issues they raised. Regarding the disclosure to employers about workers testing positive, is there any evidence that the HSE was experiencing difficulty, in that, if it told an employee that he or she had tested positive, the employee was still going to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Has the centre looked for an explanation from the HSE as to why it went directly to the employers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: So there is not an explanation as to why the information was disclosed to employers first rather than to the employees.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Does Ms McGinley accept that if someone was identified as being positive and did not take advice, that there was a duty of care and that employers should have been notified?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Did Ms McGinley correspond with the HSE on this matter?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Would it not be wise to do so? Perhaps the committee might correspond with the HSE on this matter because I do not think we were given an explanation as to why the employers were notified first and it is an important issue.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: But I do not think a full explanation was given.