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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy. It is such an important point.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Would Deputy Murnane O'Connor like to ask another question?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor and all the Deputies. We will now suspend the sitting. I thank the witnesses for coming in and for all their work in recent months. It is very important to everybody, to families and children everywhere, that students get back to school and back to their routine.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will take more if there is time available.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is no problem. I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning. I want to focus on some of the practical experiences that parents and children are having in this first week back to school and, of course, it impacts different children at different ages. I refer to what Ms Lynch said about junior infants. The junior infant children have never experienced anything other than going...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It may take a couple of weeks for any child to settle back in, particularly this year. From a practical perspective at post-primary level, the absence of lockers and having to carry big, heavy books and also, perhaps, some gym gear or equipment for practical classes or whatever it may be, all adds to the anxiety of managing a day and managing it differently as well. Some of the videos have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Chairman and thank Mr. Reid for coming in and for all of the work he is doing. I have a couple of quick questions on his statement. He talked about the median end-to-end turnaround time being 2.2 days. Does the complete turnaround time refer to all contacts contacted or contacted and tested? What does it mean exactly?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At an earlier point in this committee's work I recall reading that it must be done within 72 hours and I know that it was much longer when the HSE started so I want to congratulate Mr. Reid on getting to that point. Of course, there are outliers on both sides but it is important to acknowledge how far the work has come. I wish to talk now about education, people going back to school this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Reid.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Please, I only have five minutes-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thanks.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have some specific questions on what Dr. Henry has just said. Child to child transmission is very low, as Dr. Henry has said, but people are concerned about child to adult transmission and children bringing the virus back into the home or out into the community. I ask Dr. Henry to talk to us about that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: When Dr. Henry speaks about the community transmission rate, is he referring to the rate on a localised basis, on a county by county basis or is it broader than that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On the timing, clearly the HSE has been working with sporting groups and in other settings where outbreaks have occurred. If this happens in a school in the next number of weeks, how quickly will the HSE be able to engage and respond? What is the nature of that response and how ready is the HSE? Obviously there are lots more schools with the potential for outbreaks relative to sporting...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have been listening to the language Dr. Glynn used about how concerned he is and the window of opportunity that is before us. It is very important and timely that he is here to reiterate the message and its simplicity about physical distancing, not mixing households etc. It is the simple message that has applied all along. Dr. Glynn has been...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Dr. Glynn. We are at a most difficult phase, with rising numbers and more complex information. There is a certain fatigue among people. There is a general wish to move on but of course that is not possible in so many different ways. Dr. Glynn's presence here today is very important. I know how busy he is and I thank him for attending. There is an opportunity for a reset...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is lower than I would expect. I would have thought it would be total in those circumstances.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have only a few seconds left. To clarify, if household transmission is 20% or 30%, is that of a new detected case or could somebody be asymptomatic and have it, or is it just that they do not have it?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I ask Mr. Ennis to elaborate on his point about the workers' fear of speaking to the media.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As regards agency staff, I want to get a better handle on the structures and agencies involved. How many agencies are there or what percentage of staff are from agencies?