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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he plans to provide to poultry farms that have been affected by avian flu; the measures he will pursue to reduce instances of avian flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: General Elections (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of votes cast in the General Election on 8 February 2020 that were deemed invalid due to the fact that ballot papers were not franked; the numbers of such invalid, unfranked papers per constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4278/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus tá fáilte roimh an Uasal Reid, agus roimh na daoine uaisle eile. I welcome our colleagues from the HSE. I also echo the words of Mr. Reid by thanking and commending all of the healthcare workers who have delivered and served all of us incredibly well in recent weeks. When the story of this pandemic is told, we will find that,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: On the last day that we have figures for, how many tests were carried out?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: How many test centres were open yesterday?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Out of 47. If we recognise that testing and tracing are going to be pivotal in terms of our recovery, those figures suggest we have a bit to go. When Mr. Jim Breslin was here earlier on, he referred to the fact that around 70% of negative test results are conveyed within 72 hours. Can Mr. Reid confirm that this is the case? Even with that, that would indicate that 30% of negative cases...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: In terms of conveying results, say, for example, we get to a point where we are delivering 100,000 tests per week, how long will it take for negative test results to be conveyed to those 100,000 people?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: That was my next question. How long is the end-to-end, on average, now?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: How long is it currently, rather than the target?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Reid know offhand how many employers were informed of their employees' test results before the employees themselves?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I get that but the question I asked was whether Mr. Reid knew how many workers had their results conveyed to their employer as opposed to them.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Reid agree with what Dr. Holohan said earlier on? I think his words were that this practice would clearly breach patient confidentiality. Does Mr. Reid not agree with that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: We are in a pandemic. Does that mean that the derogation, as defined, applies to anybody?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Reid stand over the position whereby, in some instances, employers are informed about their workers' health before the workers themselves?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Are you going to work to stop it then?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Today, we received guidance that I understand is from the HSE on the conduct of our meetings here. It states: "If a person develops COVID-19 any person who spent a cumulative period of 2 hours or more during a 24 hour period in an enclosed space", and this place apparently fits that definition, should be advised to self-isolate within 14 days. In other words, if one person in this room gets...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: If one were to take that advice, does Mr. Reid accept that in the situation of a meat factory that if one worker contracts Covid-19 then under the definition that we have been supplied with here the factory would have to close immediately or close for at least 14 days?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: We have been given guidance. This relates to a committee that is doing important work, we hope, in terms of getting answers relating to Covid-19. The guidance very clearly states that even asking people to leave a room for two hours will not change the assessment and that, in the context of the controls, people who have been in contact in a room for over two hours should be asked to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Only a few seconds remain. In terms of the advice that we were given, is that the advice that has been conveyed to employers this week as they reopen their businesses?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the capital budget for Defence Forces built infrastructure, construction and maintenance increased by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6245/20]