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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Can we get deadlines for bringing it back down to where it was?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I will speak for ten minutes. I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for all of the work that has been done in recent months. I dealt with a number of cases where the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was of great assistance, in particular, involving people who were in Nepal, which is not the easiest place to get in or out of. As a result of co-operation between the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: What about work with the airline companies and the ferry companies on what additional supports they are providing to facilitate staff when they arrive back home?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I refer to the need for public transport. There may be different peak hours now. Has there been a discussion on that? It may not be Mr. Breslin's area. It may be for the National Transport Authority.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I also asked about people travelling into Northern Ireland.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Is there any process in place to convey the information gathered in Northern Ireland about a person coming into that jurisdiction who clearly indicates that he or she is travelling to the South and who undertakes to self-isolate in the South?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: I know but is there a process in place to exchange information with regard to people who travel to Northern Ireland from outside the UK before travelling to the South?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: Is there any process in place to share information?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Colm Burke: There is no process in place at the moment.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister, the Department of Health and all the people in the HSE, those in our nursing homes and all healthcare people who have worked so hard over the past three months in dealing with the issues. My query to the Minister is about the taking charge of private hospitals, which was the right decision at the time, whereby we have access to more than 2,000 beds that were not in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: On a different issue, at the meeting last week reference was made to one third of all healthcare workers having tested positive. That statement was subsequently reported on by an RTÉ news programme. If one extrapolates from that reference, approximately 45,000 healthcare workers would have tested positive, which is incorrect. What ought to have been stated is that one third of those...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: My thanks to Mr. Taylor and Mr. Daly for coming to the committee this morning and for their contributions. I want to go back to the issue of the roll-out of swabs being taken by staff. Is it not now a priority that every nursing home would have a person assigned to be able to do that on an ongoing basis? Is there now a discussion with the HSE for that to be put in place and for it to be...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Daly expect a time period for that to be put in place?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: Could we actually have every nursing home being able to take the swabs? Can we have that structure in place within 14 days?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: Would Nursing Homes Ireland look for that kind of period?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: Many people have raised the issue about staff pay in nursing homes. Approximately €1 billion per annum is being assigned for the fair deal scheme. What proportion of that goes to the private nursing home sector?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: In other words, per patient there is less coming to the private sector. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: Does that mean a 62% additional cost in the public sector per patient?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: In real terms - in money terms - what is 62%? Is it €200, €300 or €400 per week?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)

Colm Burke: There will be an additional cost because of personal protective equipment and all of the other costs associated with Covid-19. What additional cost does Mr. Daly believe will now be incurred per patient?