Results 11,141-11,160 of 27,334 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
David Cullinane: What about Deputy O'Dowd's assertion? He gave a very robust defence of the Department. When Mr. Breslin was here last week I put questions to him on some of these issues and he said that there was guidance and a plan throughout February and March, contradicting much of what is stated in all of the correspondence and Mr. Daly's opening statement. How does Mr. Daly respond to the questions...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Did Mr. Daly feel let down?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
David Cullinane: No, but on behalf of his members did he feel let down? This is about patients in nursing homes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (26 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Does Mr. Daly feel those patients were let down?
- Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)
David Cullinane: With respect, smart alec answers about Government formation do not cut it when we are dealing with women on maternity leave. The Minister's party refuses to talk to mine so let us stop the nonsense. I asked a straight question. Deputy Donohue is the Minister for Finance and he has officials at his disposal. I do not. The Minister has been given advice. Deputy Doherty made a phone call...
- Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I am sharing my time with Deputies Conway-Walsh and Patricia Ryan. I ask that the Ceann Comhairle be ruthless and let me know when my time is up. I will ask the Minister a number of questions and use my time to go back and forth between us. In his response to Deputy Michael McGrath in respect of women returning from maternity leave being excluded from the wage subsidy scheme, the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: We will not quarrel in public; we can deal with that matter later. I will proceed. I welcome the two witnesses and thank them and the teams behind them for their work. I send my best wishes to those teams and commend them for the work they have done. I will put my questions distinctly and I know that our witnesses are experienced and will respond equally distinctly. This is our first...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: It was in the early days of March.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: On 10 March, on Dr. Holohan's advice, the blanket restrictions were lifted and that advice was given to nursing homes. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: On 10 March, the advice was that there should not be restrictions because they were too restrictive. Is Dr. Holohan saying that advice was given in broad terms?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Was advice given to nursing homes? Was there any communication between Dr. Holohan's office and Nursing Homes Ireland on any of that?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: There is disagreement as to whether that was an instruction or advice from Dr. Holohan, however it was presented in the public domain.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Dr. Holohan may have a particular view of it. I think it was three days later, on 13 March, that the visiting ban was imposed, or reimposed. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: How many clusters of infection do we now have in nursing homes? How many clusters have been identified in nursing homes and residential settings? It is in the hundreds, is it not?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: We can all accept that is very high.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Dr. Holohan can forward that information.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I want to put a follow-up question to Mr. Breslin.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Holohan.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: I want to put a question to Mr. Breslin. There was correspondence between NHI and his Department around that time. We have heard from the NHI that it sought meetings with the Minister or officials. If there was correspondence between the NHI, Mr. Breslin's office and the Minister, what was the nature of that? Can he share that correspondence with us? The NHI will come before the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by Department of Health Officials (19 May 2020)
David Cullinane: Is it not also true that it had appealed for specific guidance on what to do in nursing homes and how they should respond to this crisis, predicted that nursing homes would experience severe staff shortages, and raised concerns about PPE?