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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 806. To ask the Minister for Health if staff hired as part of a dedicated Covid-19 testing workforce that come from other parts of the health service will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25352/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 807. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated percentage of the population which lives within one hour of a Covid-19 swab test centre; the estimated percentage which will have access to the service within one hour of their home as envisaged under the Plan for Living with Covid-19; the time frame for the service to materialise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 808. To ask the Minister for Health the targets, and associated timelines for Covid-19 swabbing, testing, and contact tracing; if there is an ambition to test more than 100,000 a week; if so, the number and timeline for reaching same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 818. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in place between both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland for contact tracing as it relates to cross-Border workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for communication between the HSE and HSC to ensure that cross-Border workers are included in contact tracing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25427/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place in circumstances in which a person works here but lives in Northern Ireland and is a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case at the workplace here; the jurisdiction responsible for contact tracing in this event; if residents of one jurisdiction are included in contact tracing conducted by the other jurisdiction; the situation in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 821. To ask the Minister for Health if work colleagues in Northern Ireland of a person that lives here but works in Northern Ireland are included in contact tracing and considered close contacts and vice versa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical scientists employed in laboratories which are conducting Covid-19 tests; his plans to increase the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24495/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring an additional one medical scientist in testing laboratories. [24496/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing at 10% pay rise to medical scientists and the hiring of an additional one medical scientist with this in mind [24497/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (17 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 207. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for tackling asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Pollution (17 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for acting on smoky coal and air pollution and their impact on health; the extent of his cooperation and engagement with other Departments on the matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (17 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 212. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 129. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacies will receive the PPE, in particular surgical masks, that was promised by the HSE to keep pharmacy staff and their vulnerable customers safe from the potential risk of catching or spreading Covid-19 infection in the course of their working day in the pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: We do not need to go into much detail on it. We possibly need a Teams meeting some time this week to hear people's proposals. In terms of my key proposal, obviously, we need an updated work schedule because we have a number of items to book in, including the nursing homes issue. We have the sitting on Friday also in respect of sports, which I believe should go ahead. Yesterday, we had...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome all the witnesses. I have read the report and my first question is for Professor Kelleher. To some degree, the report had to look back on the most recent events and how nursing homes dealt with Covid-19. However, the report concentrated more on the framework of care under which nursing homes do or do not operate, as the case may be. The essence of the report is recommendations...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: When the panel went about its work, did it interact with HIQA? Did the HIQA report have an impact on the report of the panel?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: My time is limited so I ask Professor Kelleher to confirm whether what I now say is correct. The report refers to very poor clinical governance across the sector and noted that in the HIQA report, there are no formal governance links between the HSE and that 60% of homes with outbreaks were not compliant with the existing clinical governance framework. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: It is in the recommendations that talked about poor clinical governance. There is also talk about the structure and relationship between nursing homes, the Department of Health and the HSE. Is that something that the expert panel examined?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: What was the outcome?