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Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister. I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, Senator Maria Byrne. I acknowledge the range of supports the Government has provided since the outset of the Covid pandemic. I thought we were coming to the end of Covid, but, for obvious reasons, it is still in the Title of the Bill. Hopefully, it will be the last time that it will be. That is a recognition of not only the...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach for reading out the names of those who lost their lives in the tragedy in Cork 100 years ago. I acknowledge the comments by my colleague, Senator Lombard, on this issue last week on attending the commemoration. I got a call this morning from a local primary school that is taking in 17 Ukrainian children. All was going well and the children are settling in as best...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for choosing this Commencement matter for debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to the Chamber. I have raised this topic on a number of occasions with the Minister of State’s colleagues, the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, who has been in the House a number of times, and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the response. The only concrete date there is for the opening of the interim emergency department at the end of June 2022. Other than that, there are a lot of words I have heard before. Some are new, such as the phrases "strategic assessment report" and "external assurance process". They do not fill me with hope about the delivery of the project. I am...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I wish to raise an issue relating to NCT centres. Obviously, Covid has had an impact over a long period of time with regard to the NCT certificate, how long it is valid for and extensions. Considering that in some parts of the country, it will be months before a person will get a date for an NCT, how does that affect the validity of a person's certificate is if he or she has an accident?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Watt and Dr. Holohan. Mr. Watt is becoming somewhat of a celebrity, whether by intent or not. I am not sure if he would consider a position on "Dancing with the Stars" next January. I think he is the best known public servant at this stage, and not always for the right reasons, unfortunately. I agree with Mr. Watt's comment, "I felt it was equally important that Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I know Mr. Watt has set out the number of secondments within his Department but this was not about an ordinary individual within the Department. This was a very senior and respected individual who had been on our television screens for a year and a half at that stage. This was not a junior position. It was a person who was well known and respected. Mr. Watt should have known this was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Did the Minister ask about any arrangements? Was he inquisitive in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Mr. Watt stated in his opening remarks and in the briefing to the Minister that he was aware the Government had recently endorsed open-ended secondment arrangements to the university sector for senior civil servants. That was put to Martin Fraser of the Department of the Taoiseach and he responded: I do not know what he is referring to. I assume he is referring to former Secretaries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: How were they endorsed by the Government? Did they go to the Cabinet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: I came across renewals or extensions for three years while I was in Cabinet, but did those appointments go to Cabinet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Was it the intention of Mr. Watt that this appointment would eventually go to the Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach was obviously part of the discussions and the Minister was aware of it at a stage earlier this year. Mr. Watt stated in his briefing that he inferred from this they had political support in Government Buildings. Should the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach have informed the Taoiseach and should the Minister have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: When Trinity said it could not pay Dr. Holohan's salary, was that early in the discussions or at a later stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Were other universities approached at that stage, were other universities in the mix or was it settled? I can understand Trinity would be a very prestigious university. I can understand that would be settled on. At what stage was that settled upon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Were other universities in the mix, had they expressed a view or were there detailed engagements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Had other universities been asked if they could fund the position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Seán Kyne: Who was?