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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: What is a reasonable estimate of that time lag?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Another figure, more like two or three days, has been suggested because people think Covid is a cold and take paracetamol and so on. Dr. Kelleher's figure, 24 hours, about which I am not sure, is a day. We are aware that the turnaround time from referral to a result is 2.2 days. The most recent turnaround time from a result to tracing in the HSE's report for the past week is 3.8 days....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry but all I can do is work on the basis of the figures on the HSE website. The most recent figures indicate that 3.8 days is the median time for tracing: "All contact tracing is completed within 3.8 days (median) – including all complex cases". I am just going by the figures the HSE is publishing on its own website. The dashboard indicates the period from referral to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Just a moment. I am concerned about the current situation. I am working on the basis of the figures provided on the HSE's website for this current week. According to those figures, the turnaround time from symptoms to the tracing of 80% of contacts is seven days. Do the witnesses accept the figure of four days is the optimum turnaround time for a testing and tracing system to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is a "Yes" or "No" question. Do the witnesses accept that four days is the optimum turnaround time from symptoms to the tracing of 80% of contacts? The research indicates this is what is required for tracing to be effective. Does Ms O'Beirne accept that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Does Ms O'Beirne accept that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: If Dr. Kelleher does not mind-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Kelleher is eating into my time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Could the Chairman ask him to stop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Chairman. I have asked direct questions and sought direct answers, and I would appreciate it if they could be given. On 17 August, the HSE said it was developing a new testing and tracing model. What is the position on that now? Is there a new model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Can Ms O'Beirne send us a note?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Can Ms O'Beirne send us a note on what the new model is exactly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Ms O'Beirne referred to pop-up testing facilities. Mr. Reid was before us a number of weeks ago and asked about a pop-up centre in the part of Dublin that has the highest rate by far, Ballymun–Finglas, and the difficulties associated with accessing testing centres that are some distance from people's homes. When can we expect to have a pop-up centre in Ballymun–Finglas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I suggest that the area in Dublin with the highest rate by far should be a priority for the HSE. We were given an undertaking in that regard. I would appreciate it, therefore, if the witnesses could send me a note on when they propose to follow through on that undertaking to provide a pop-up centre in the Ballymun–Finglas area. Can we have a schedule of staffing? Many have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Ms O'Beirne states that end-to-end testing and tracing is 2.8 days currently. The website states something very different. It states that from referral to result of test, it is 2.2 days, and for completion of tracing it is another 3.8 days. That gives a total of six days plus one day from symptom to referral, meaning it is seven days. Will the witness point us to the place we can find...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (23 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I know it is late on the Friday of a bank holiday weekend, but some of us are here. It is a pity that the Minister is not here for these comments. I do not know if some excuse was given. It is unfortunate because spokespersons want to raise a number of issues and it would have been good if we could have done that with the Minister. We have repeatedly rehearsed the reasons we find...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I make a very strong appeal to the Minister to work with other parties in the House. We all want to work together, we recognise that we are facing a very significant threat to our lives and livelihoods. It is a national threat and there is a need for a national response. The best way of demonstrating that is for us to work on an all-party basis and to co-operate, collaborate and be very...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: This section is about definitions only. I urge Members to allow us to get on to discuss the amendments.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order-----

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I ask the Deputy to withdraw his remarks because they are not based on fact.