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Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Four, four and four. Three fours.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I will take eight minutes for toing and froing with the Minister and will leave four minutes each for Deputies Mairéad Farrell, O'Reilly and Ó Broin. Today's Revised Estimates are unlike any others that have been presented before this Dáil in modern times. When the income supports were put forward by the caretaker Government, they differed from the ones we suggested to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (27 May 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7729/20]

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

Pearse Doherty: Ten minutes. I will begin by expressing my sympathy and condolences to everyone who has lost someone during this pandemic as well as to all of those working on the front line in our nursing homes and the organisations that our guests represent who are trying to suppress the pandemic in our communities. As of yesterday, there were 1,606 confirmed deaths as a result of Covid-19....

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

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

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

Pearse Doherty: Of the 1,606 individuals who lost their lives, how many were residents of nursing homes?

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

Pearse Doherty: There are reports. For example, we knew on 6 May that 740 of the deaths, or 54%, were in nursing home settings. Is Ms Dunnion saying that HIQA does not know how many of the 1,606 were residents of nursing homes?

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

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry, but I meant Covid-related.

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

Pearse Doherty: The only accurate data I can find that has been published goes back to 6 May, which was that 740 of the Covid-19-related deaths at that time were from nursing home settings.

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

Pearse Doherty: Can the HSE shine any light on this?

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

Pearse Doherty: Are there any figures on the proportion of deaths of residents of nursing homes in the private sector and in the public sector? I put this to HIQA because in its opening statement it mentioned, in particular, the challenges of the private sector. Was there a more acute issue in the private sector than in the public sector or was it balanced?

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

Pearse Doherty: HIQA has in the past given the Department of Health and the HSE a list of centres that would have been in breach of regulations, training, etc., in different HIQA inspections. Has HIQA monitored whether there has been an increased number of deaths in those centres that it listed or has it left it to the Department?

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

Pearse Doherty: Is HIQA aware of any member of staff who was not allowed to isolate having been in contact with somebody who was Covid-19 positive at the early stages or of staff members who were being asked to return to work, despite the fact they may have been symptomatic?

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

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask the HSE that same question?

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

Pearse Doherty: We will pass on that information afterwards. On the appeals made by Nursing Homes Ireland on PPE, testing and guidance, what did the HSE do about all of those emails being sent to the HSE, which it was copied into time and again? Did the HSE take any action on the nursing home sector? Specifically, given the number of deaths and the great trauma and heartbreak that has occurred within...

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

Pearse Doherty: Nursing Homes Ireland was repeatedly calling for guidance on patient transfer. On 10 March the HSE issued guidance to Nursing Homes Ireland and it responded to the HSE to basically say that it was not good enough, it wanted testing of patients before they were transferred and it wanted PPE. Does the HSE now believe it was a mistake to transfer patients into nursing home settings without...

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

Pearse Doherty: The guidance did not include testing. Are the witnesses saying it still does not include testing?

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

Pearse Doherty: If a patient is transferred to a nursing home, is any testing carried out before the patient is transferred?

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

Pearse Doherty: Nursing Homes Ireland made the point on asymptomatic individuals who had Covid-19 in the 40% range and in the emails it sent it detailed that it wanted all patients tested before transfer. Does Dr. Kennelly believe that was a mistake?

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

Pearse Doherty: With respect, we are short on time. The guests from Nursing Homes Ireland told us in the earlier session that it was looking at international experience. Was it the case that Nursing Homes Ireland was way ahead of where the HSE was? It wanted the testing because it was looking at asymptomatic patients. The HSE refused that point blank time and again. It was looking for PPE that was not...