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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy McGuinness.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to take the opportunity to thank everyone and to thank the witnesses, not just for their attendance today and the preparation for it, but for all the work they have done over this period. The exceptional work and commitment to public service epitomises public service values, has been extraordinary and they have worked extraordinarily hard. If I never got to say anything else on this,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Breslin said that a decision was made very quickly in respect to private hospitals; in a matter of days. Can he give us a sense of how quickly? What sort of period did he have to make that decision?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At the same time, NPHET had suspended - if that is the correct term - general access to the hospitals in order to try to reduce community transmission and infection within hospitals.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As a representative, the queries I was getting in the first instance related to whether people could get access to treatment, and that got resolved pretty quickly. People were getting access, for example, to injections to the eye - I do not want to get the term wrong - or continuing cancer treatment. Now the questions are about getting access to ongoing diagnostic tests. I am sure Mr....

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I join my colleagues in the House in condemning the brutal murder of George Floyd in the United States and all that has gone with that since then. One positive thing to come from this is a coming together of a range of different people and races peacefully, as has been shown in recent days, to stand together against the abuse of and discrimination against black people. It is worth...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. McCoy and Mr. McDonnell for coming before the committee today. To pick up on what Deputy Cullinane said about Mr. McDonnell's comment, I too find it to be an extraordinary comment. I want to put on the record in the first instance that I have huge respect for small businesses. I come from a small business family. It is incredibly difficult and people work incredibly hard. The...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not disagree on the substantive policy issue at all. I have spoken to a range of business owners and self-employed people about the policy issue in great depth and I have no disagreement with Mr. McDonnell on that. I would strongly support him. The nature of the comment was so unusual that I had to draw attention to it. Mr. McDonnell said industrial policy is fixated on the FMC...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. By way of example, when I visited small retail shops yesterday I met a lady who told me she was not eligible for the restart grant because her turnover had not decreased by more than 25% thanks to online sales. In terms of online sales, I understand three years' worth of applications were received in three months, and that is why there has been more funding. We have come to the end...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is a tiny support, and I appreciate that there is a range of different types of support. For example, in September a range of businesses will have significant loans which need to be repaid when they are no longer able to push back their loans. There needs to be liquidity around that and an ability to refinance their loans with Government support to be able to do that. I understand the...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Has IBEC been involved in any of the conversations in regard to the preparation of the €2 billion credit guarantee scheme?

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It requires the Government to be able to enact that legislation. That is important and I completely understand that. I do not have any further questions. I am concerned for a group of young people in their 20s and 30s employed in private enterprise at the entry level. These citizens really need a voice and need to be represented in this conversation. They may have been the last in and...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for the range of supports that have been provided. One of the biggest concerns I have is about liquidity for businesses that have made significant investment and have significant loans from September. I am particularly thinking of medium-sized enterprises that are above the threshold for microfinance and some of the helpful liquidity supports that are...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That will require legislation.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can I presume that that legislation is at a reasonably advanced stage of drafting insofar as is possible-----

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ----- and that, were there to be a new Government, it would be ready to go should the opportunity to put it through arise?

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Regarding the SBCI working capital scheme, it is my understanding that there have been approximately 3,000 applications. Approximately how many of those have been approved by the SBCI and how many have been subsequently approved by banks?

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am terribly sorry to interrupt Mr. Hughes, but time is tight, given the way the committee is run. Is he telling me that 372 loans have been approved by banks out of 2,600 that have been approved by SBCI?

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does Mr. Hughes think is the primary reason for that?

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Dr. Nabarro for being with us today. I have several health questions. It is clear that having an underlying condition, such as a heart condition or a respiratory condition, may exacerbate one's experience of the virus if it is contracted. If it is to be the case that we are going to have to live with coronavirus for some time I am concerned about what underlying conditions may...