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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: With due respect, I have run an SME in that area. It seems an organisation is speaking for SMEs but does not have a view on this. Grant aid is important but it is also important to know the opinion of an umbrella organisation for SMEs. Many SMEs are very much affected by this but the witness has indicated it is not an area he wishes to discuss.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: What is Mr. Moran's view, or does he have a view?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: So Mr. Moran does not have an answer for me. I thank the witness.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am taking five minutes. I will follow up on the last question that was asked. It is an awful thing to be saying to people but, unfortunately, this industry group and its representatives face a big problem because of the health regulations and attitudes of the public to the types of events with which our guests are involved. It is optimistic to believe that there will be any substantial...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: On the commercial side - on the EPIC side - I have seen the submissions and appreciate the range of issues. So many of the members and the type of people who provide the services EPIC is involved with are small, really get-up-and-go companies and self-employed individuals who work on events. If there were one or two key things that we, as a committee, would be recommending to Government,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: He cannot take ten minutes as I am taking five.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I have been here the entire time.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I will start with the HSE. First, I record our thanks for all the work everybody throughout the entire HSE and the health service has done. I will make a few quick points before asking questions. I am very supportive of the testing programme and the work that was done in getting the laboratories, including the German laboratory, on board. It is vital that the HSE continues to deliver that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I am sorry but I know all that because Ms O'Beirne has explained it to other Deputies already. We have been told that we should be doing tests within a day. Is she telling me that is not possible? I ask her to give me a simple answer.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: What would Ms O'Beirne say to people who say the HSE should be doing tests within a day for the system to work?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I ask Ms O'Beirne what she would say to people, including our other witnesses here today, who say this type of thing should be done in a day. Is Ms O’Beirne saying, in a blanket way, that is not possible and that we cannot do that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: Should it be possible to do it?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I hear what Ms O’Beirne is saying. Is it the objective of the new system that goes live in August to bring that down to one day?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I hear all that. Unfortunately, as other Deputies have noted, we are very restricted on time. Is it the objective in the August roll-out to have a one-day response time and is that the most desirable situation?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I want to comment on one other area, which is not necessarily for Ms O’Beirne to deal with. In the context of testing individuals entering the country at airports, a number of people are trying to sell kits that do these 20-minute tests, 40-minute tests and one-hour tests. Most of the international research so far is very dubious on the effectiveness of those tests. I would be very...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: My thanks to Dr. Nabarro for giving extra time to us to ask this question. I want to ask a specific question on travel. It follows up on an answer Dr. Nabarro gave earlier. Many people are contacting me about the idea of air bridges, whereby the European Union is trying to open up a common travel area. They are really concerned, worried and, to be honest, confused. They ask whether this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I want to pick up on that last question because I would like to ask both witnesses whether they would view it as a positive thing overall to move from 2 m to 1 m. I want to put it on record the fact that I support that position. Will they both comment as to what they think are the implications of the safety aspects of doing that for employees in firms, and whether the benefit is outweighed...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: Is Mr. McCoy saying, therefore, that it is essential for business in general that we move from 2 m to 1 m?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: Will Mr. McDonnell comment, especially in terms of the small businesses?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Colm Brophy: I will stop Mr. McDonnell there as I want to ask a second question. Something which I believe is an absolutely essential part of the recovery and for which I would like to see support and buy-in from the next Government and from industry is a national recovery task force, an umbrella group to literally bring the country together and to allow for interaction between Government, social...