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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: My first question is for the HSE. Mistakes are made in a time of crisis. The most important role of the committee and all of the stakeholders is that we learn to be better prepared in case we have a second wave, which is highly probable. In his opening statement this morning, Mr. Daly of Nursing Homes Ireland referred to aggressive recruitment of nursing home staff initially by the HSE....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: Unfortunately it still happened and I believe Nursing Homes Ireland requested a moratorium regarding staff. I know the HSE cannot prevent a staff member moving to another job but at this time of an unprecedented pandemic it had a huge effect on the ability of nursing homes to be properly staffed during the peak of the crisis.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: Does Mr. Walsh accept that patients being transferred in March and April from acute hospital settings to nursing homes should have been tested for Covid-19? Does he accept this non-testing would have contributed to higher mortality?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I want to reiterate the second part of the question. Does Dr. Kennelly accept that this non-testing, even after 18 March, would have contributed to higher mortality in nursing homes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: We are joined from committee room 1 by officials from the Department of Justice and Equality to deal with the response to the Covid outbreak in direct provision centres. I welcome Ms Oonagh Buckley, deputy Secretary General, civil justice and equality, Mr. Michael Kirrane, assistant secretary and head of immigration service delivery, and Mr. Mark Wilson, principal officer, international...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I remind members that they have ten minutes, inclusive of responses from the witnesses.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: We have to move on. The next speaker for the Sinn Féin slot is Deputy Pa Daly who is taking ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I am sorry, Deputy, but we have to move on. I have allowed an extra minute.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: The next slot is Fine Gael's. I call Deputy Carroll MacNeill, who has ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: We will now move on to the Labour Party's slot; Deputy Duncan Smith that he has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: We will move on to the Social Democrats slot. I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: Thank you, Deputy Smith, we must move on. I call Deputy Shanahan from the Regional Group.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I thank Ms Buckley. I call Deputy Michael Collins for the Rural Independent Group.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Pringle and the witnesses. We have to move on. I want to be fair to everyone. We move to the Fianna Fáil slot again. I call Deputy Donnelly, who has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: We move back to Sinn Féin. Deputy Carthy has ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: That answer will have to be furnished in writing because we are up against the clock.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: Does Deputy Burke mind ceding his last minute? I want to get the last speaker in and time is pressing. Would you mind?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: The answers are coming from a different room. It is difficult.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I must wrap up the debate and suggest that Ms Buckley answers the final question in writing.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)
Mary Butler: I thank all our witnesses for their attendance and for the information provided for today's meeting. Is it agreed to request the Clerk to seek any follow-up information and carry out any agreed actions arising from this meeting? Agreed.