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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I have a few more questions because I am not satisfied with the answer to the effect that it is more complicated than suggested. Most reasonable people would say there has to be a basic, minimum staff-resident ratio in any setting to ensure the optimum and highest levels of care. If the threshold falls below what I, Ms O'Neill and most reasonable would consider to be a minimum, then we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: The families tell me they cannot even get through on the telephone and get basic information. The loving and watchful eyes of loved ones and family members are not there. This is important when we talk about residents in care. That is not to say people do not get care when they are in nursing homes. Of course they do. We also know there have been instances of neglect and abuse. When one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: Can I ask Ms O'Neill a straight question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: My time is very short-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I must come back in because our time is very short. We have ten minutes to ask questions and we really need more distinct answers from the witnesses. We are raising important issues. I want to put a question to Ms O'Neill. I appreciate the responses I have been given. I must ask these questions on behalf of all the families and groups I have interacted with over the last number of weeks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: When was the last time the HSE met any of those groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: I wish to refer to the Irish Association of Social Workers and Care Champions so the organisations that are representative of residents and their families. When was the last time that the HSE sat down and engaged with them, and heard their stories and experiences?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: That is not the question I asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: When was the last time the HSE formally met representatives of the Irish Association of Social Workers and Care Champions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I thank the Chairman and welcome all our witnesses. I wish everybody well in the roll-out of the vaccine programme, including Mr. Walsh and his team, Mr. McCraith and Dr. Colm Henry, who is not on the call. Obviously, it is a difficult and challenging job. It is demand-led and supply-led in terms of the number of vaccines that come in. I want to make one observation, first, if I can,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Therefore, it is 1.1 million doses we anticipate we will have received. Is that by the end of March or April?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to put a number of question, if I can, to Mr. Walsh. I thank Professor MacCraith for that. I will focus, first of all, on the information technology, IT, system. I note in the opening statement there is still some work to be done for this to be a fully operational and fully live system. I refer to the first and obvious question that is being asked of us. When we get to the third...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I welcome that. That is the appropriate course of action. Is that also the case in respect of the other groups right down to the over-70s?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I get that. For the over 70s, the GPs will contact the people themselves and that is how that will work out. For the general population, there was a promise of 15 mass vaccination centres or pop-up centres. Have we locations identified for those sites? When we get to that point, how will the IT system work? Is it at that point that people will have to contact the system because,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: That is welcome and it is a lot of staff. However, there are questions being asked in regard to the role of pharmacists. There are 2,500 pharmacists, who, obviously, can play a crucial role. The Minister said yesterday in the Dáil that dentists will also play a role, which is great, and it is all hands to the pump as far as I am concerned. However, the Irish Pharmacy Union is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Could Mr. Walsh provide clarity on the point that pharmacists will not be part of the roll-out for the over-70s? It is a yes-no answer.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: The Government commissioned a report on pay and allowances for student nurses and midwives. Several weeks ago, as the Tánaiste knows, placements for student nurses and midwives in hospitals were paused for two weeks. That comes to an end this weekend and I have had many calls from student nurses and midwives worried that they have not had any calls from the hospitals where they were...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: My time is short, a Chathaoirligh Gníomhaigh. My question is a direct one on the 700,000 figure. I want to get information as I have six and half minutes left and I have many questions. Can the Minister answer the question? He said 700,000 people would be vaccinated by the end of March. Is that still the case?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I have to ask the Minister again please to answer the question. It was a very simple, direct question. Is the figure of 700,000 by the end of March still the target?