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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: How many times and in what way did Mr. Quinn and his organisation, or even his predecessors as I do not know how long he has been in his position, lobby either the Government, Departments or the HSE for improved regulations in nursing homes before Covid-19 struck?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: My point is that through all those years HIQA, which is the regulator, said it needed more powers and to strengthen the 2013 regulations and that it needed an updated regulatory framework. If that is the case, it seems that those calls fell on deaf ears.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: We will get to the expert panel report next week. Mr. Quinn is right that it is an important report as well. I wish to refer to the role of HIQA with regard to individual cases. I am not going to discuss any individual cases but some horrific ones were brought to my attention, including the one that was raised earlier. I had raised it as well. There are many other individual harrowing...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Rather than calling on HIQA to do something it cannot do, Government members would be better served by giving the authority the powers to carry out these investigations and inquiries. There are very harrowing cases and I will get to some of them momentarily in the context of people's experiences. We are discussing people's experiences during Covid-19, but I am talking about abuse and...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Can Mr. Quinn furnish this committee with details of representations that were made by HIQA to the Government, the HSE and Departments relating to regulation, clinical governance and powers of examination and investigation in respect of individuals? I wish to move on to a number of other cases so perhaps he could furnish the committee with as much information on that as he can.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Page 36 of the report refers to the experience of staff. It states: Most inspectors recounted stories of management and staff becoming overwhelmed with emotion when speaking about how they managed during the pandemic. Some exhibited signs of extreme stress, fatigue, exhaustion and anxiety in trying to come to terms with what was happening around them. With regard to residents, the report...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I thank Ms Dunnion. I wish to make a final point to Mr. Quinn. I refer to the 44 risk inspections that were carried out. The figures are appalling. These were risk inspections in nursing homes where there were outbreaks and high levels of contraction. Only five of the 44 were found to be mostly compliant; 39 were found to be not compliant with at least one in three regulations. We have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: We need to hear from the HPSC because we are hearing from HIQA that it can only account for unexplained deaths and cannot determine whether they were related to Covid. Next week, we need to hear from the HPSC. We need to get that information. Regarding the 39 nursing homes where there was very poor adherence to the regulations, we need to know whether there were higher levels of...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister back. He has been here a few times over recent days. I welcome the opportunity to have this debate. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed a decades-long failure to build a public health system with enough doctors, nurses and beds. It has resulted in an unprecedented interruption to normal healthcare services, affecting community and acute settings. Our health service...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sorry; I have seven minutes. I again raise with the Minister the testing and tracing regime. I genuinely believe that we have to do better. I looked at the figures for Scotland and it is doing far more than us. I have consistently called for a Rolls-Royce testing and tracing regime which we would use to hunt down the virus. It would not be reactive, but proactive. We would test...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I will give my remaining time to my colleague.

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: The Minister said there was a pathway to opening up screening services and rather than setting out that pathway, he gave us a restatement of what has happened in recent times, rather than giving us real information on how those services will be opened in the time ahead. The Minister is also saying the Government will come forward with a plan on how to live with this virus but where is the...

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: The Minister proposed allowing the Garda to have more powers to enter peoples' homes.

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: The Minister's presentation of those arguments and issues was contradicted by the Taoiseach and other Government Ministers minutes and days later. That is a fact.

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: There was fearmongering about having second lockdowns, when the Minister had to be contradicted again by the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and other front-line Ministers. The Minister was also contradicted by the acting Chief Medical Officer. The Minister also did an interview in which he compared children who are going to school and the dangers and risks associated with that with children...

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin has consistently set out a common sense approach to tackling the pandemic. This is in stark contrast to the approach of the Government at times, which includes ideas many people see as bonkers, mixed messaging and missed targets in respect of testing and tracing. We proposed an amendment to the motion, which was ruled out of order. This amendment called for the removal of...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State and I soldiered together and campaigned in respect of many local issues in Waterford. It is a bit surreal to see her sitting across the floor now and holding ministerial office. I take this, my first opportunity in the Chamber at least, to commend her on her appointment and to wish her well. It is very telling that everybody who spoke tonight referred either to...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I want to offer some clarification that might be helpful. We are proposing the motion and then the speaking order kicks in, which would be Sinn Féin and then Labour. I imagine that is what it is.

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — this State has the third highest rate of cancer in the world with more than 43,000 cancers diagnosed on an annual basis; — the importance of catching cancer early is indisputable; — fewer than 100,000 people were screened in the first half of this year compared to 500,000 in all of 2019, with the National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Foreshore Licences (8 Sep 2020)

David Cullinane: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process for granting foreshore fishing licences on the river Blackwater; the number of licences sought; the number of licences granted; the entitlements accompanying a licence and the permissions granted or not granted in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21235/20]