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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: This type of policy by the banks could contribute to such a downturn.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: On the issue of exports, my understanding is that in March pharmaceutical exports were up 60% year on year. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council predicts an 8% fall in exports. Has it identified exactly where that fall in exports will occur? Is it in a specific area, for instance, electronics or services? Where do we expect the downturn to manifest?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I wish to refer to the forecast and how we manage. If there is a situation where there is no agreement on Brexit what do we need to do now to plan for that scenario? Obviously it is the last thing we want to happen but if it does then it is another new challenge.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Savings in this country have been mentioned in terms of comparisons with 2008. The high level of borrowings in 2008 are not the same as now in 2020. Savings are now totally different as there is a significant amount of savings by individuals and, indeed, companies are in a good financial position. How can one now use those savings more effectively? Where there is a reduction in business...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: This morning, Dr. David Nabarro of the World Health Organization advised that all patients coming into hospitals should be tested. I ask for this advice to be taken into consideration in the preparation of that final paper.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister for the work that he has done over the past three and a half to four months, and I also thank his Department officials and all front-line workers for the volume of work and the way they have provided care in a difficult situation. I wish to ask the Minister about the protocols concerning the swabbing of patients who come into hospitals, with respect to outpatient...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank Dr. Nabarro for his presentation. I want to ask him a question about hospitals in light of his experience and of how they will operate going forward. Many of the normal procedures that are carried out in hospitals are resuming. Should every person who is admitted to hospital be tested for Covid-19 and, in particular, should every person be tested for Covid-19 within the hospital...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Approximately 31% of those who have been infected with Covid-19 in Ireland are healthcare personnel. Where do we stand in comparison with other countries on that? Has any other country identified why the rate of infection among healthcare personnel is higher or lower? Is there something we are not doing here or are we not working hard enough with staff on that issue?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: There is a report out in the UK this morning which shows that 78% of those who contracted Covid and 62% of deaths in UK hospitals relate to people who were overweight and obese. Is that replicated in other countries or is it something that pertains to the UK only? What percentage of deaths in the UK relate to people who had underlying conditions?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if a further extension of five years will be granted for consanguinity relief for non-residential property at the current rate of 1% on all qualifying transfers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider retaining farm consolidation relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9925/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures undertaken to alleviate the situation facing workers whose safe pass accreditation expired prior to 1 March 2020 and that cannot now renew due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9878/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: 557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism that exists to ensure that in circumstances in which the Marine Casualty Investigation Board makes a recommendation, they are implemented by either him or his Department as appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9887/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in circumstances in which the safety recommendations of a Marine Casualty Investigation Board report suggest remedial action to be taken by a private party, the mechanisms which exist to ensure that same are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Yes, it is.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Yes. I thank Professor Nolan and Dr. De Gascun for their presentations this morning and for the work they have done. I join them in thanking all the people who have worked on the front line and behind the scenes to ensure we have dealt with this in a proactive way in trying to reduce the number of deaths. Yesterday, New Zealand announced changes. The authorities there were highly...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: If we have no new surge - and I hope we will not have any new surge in the coming weeks - are we still talking about three months before we are in a situation where we are totally out of the woods on this?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I accept that. I mean in the sense of keeping it suppressed. The comment many of us have made about living with the virus has been misinterpreted. The best prediction we can make at the moment is set out in the national plan. It was called a "living document" when it was launched and has become a living document because it has found itself amenable to some acceleration as our progress in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I wish to go back to the very start, when the committee was set up on 8 March and it followed on from there. The people we seem to have missed out on were those in nursing homes and mental health facilities and I am interested in learning from that. I note that this committee got a copy of letter recently, dated 2 April, to HIQA asking it to set out and deal with particular issues. Are...