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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On that and in the context of the additional time pressure on people working in the services, how will Covid-19 impact a patient detained under the Mental Health Act in terms of not just their detention but also the review of their detention?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would like to ask about family visits for patients. They have obviously been difficult. What impact has Covid-19 had on visits, and what is the thinking on allowing them to recommence? I would like to address this question to both the Mental Health Commission and the HSE.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Could I ask for a bit more detail? I am concerned about children detained under the mental health system. Is Mr. Ryan saying that service providers drove children to meet their parents in a different setting? Could he explain exactly what was done?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Was contact maintained solely by technology in the interim?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: To contextualise that for the committee, what is the typical period for which a child would be in detention in that way?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have been notified that Deputies O'Donoghue, Cairns and Costello will substitute for their party colleagues. They are very welcome. I welcome our witnesses for our resumed discussion on the topic of education provision for the September reopening of schools including school transport. Joining us from committee room 1, we welcome: Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General; Ms...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Ó Foghlú. Sinn Féin has the first speaking slot this morning. Is Deputy Farrell taking ten minutes?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can I clarify with Mr. Ó Foghlú the timeline for the guidelines to issue?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is a fine balance between getting time to produce additional public health guidance and get the guidance to schools to give them enough time. I recognise the practical difficulty with that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Ó Foghlú------

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: One of the difficulties we have with this committee is that, as we are in different rooms, witnesses cannot always hear or see if a member is trying to interject. I just wanted to make Mr. Ó Foghlú aware of that. It is a problem we have in every session so I am flagging because members do not have much time for their questions. I am sensitive that we have gone a little over time...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will cut you off there because my reputation for timekeeping will be out the window entirely. I will make the point about provision for learning for children who are not just ill themselves, but who are also living in a house where somebody is immunocompromised. There is a risk there as well and that is a distinct thing to somebody who is disengaged from the system. I call Deputy...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will call Deputy McNamara, who has been here for quite a while.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The travel question will be important this morning. To clarify, the guidance from the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, and public health officials is that there is to be no unnecessary travel but some families will find it necessary to go away for a range of reasons. Obviously, the crucial message is, if that is the case, to be back by mid-August for the purposes of self-isolation for the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I call Deputy McNamara.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have a couple of questions and observations from the session. I ask you to keep your answers as short as possible - some of them will be simply "Yes" or "No" answers - because we have to exit at 11.30 a.m. On what you said about additional staff, can you confirm that those coming out of the teaching colleges now will be the main source of any additional staff needed over the next period?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In terms of certainty for those people coming out, can they expect employment?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We talked about immunosuppression earlier. A case brought to my attention, and which I raised at this committee previously, was of a teacher who has a new baby who is immunocompromised with cystic fibrosis and who obviously was not in that situation 12 months ago and did not know that would be the case. Can you confirm what arrangements are in place, or what is the thinking in respect of,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I suggest that it is an important question and I would greatly appreciate if you could come back to me with an answer on it. Mental health supports were raised, and I thank Ms Tansey for highlighting the work being done. Much emotional support will be needed by different children going back to school, which may, in the early days, take priority over complicated long division or whatever...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I completely agree with that. It is not just about when they go back but about how they go back and the time allowed for that adjustment is crucial. That is really important work. Has thought been given to conducting cross-curricular work in the open air? From the perspective of greater ventilation there is a need to get children outside rather then have them sit in an indoor classroom for...