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Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...in terms of additional needs or socio-economic factors. Damage has been done to the education of our children. Hopefully, as we begin to move beyond this pandemic, we need to look to how we remediate it. In the longer term, we need to trust our teachers. The reason our education system has performed so well, despite chronic underinvestment over a long period, is we still attract...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...the world have endured a very difficult period. So many people have suffered and continue to suffer. The many thousands of people who have contracted Covid-19 and are still feeling the effects of long Covid continue to struggle with their day-to-day lives. In the past, I have supported the efforts of the Government in tackling this crisis. Unlike others, there is no point in trying...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...happy and peaceful Christmas. I will concentrate on this afternoon's announcement by the Minister for Health that we will expedite the roll-out of the vaccine by opening vaccination centres for longer hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., which is very welcome. I have two provisos from a Limerick perspective. First, I am conscious that health staff are exhausted at present because of their...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...first. I have encountered many cases where people were vaccinated but were repeatedly offered appointments. That glitch ended up costing them when they went to get their certificate and it took a long time for the issue to be fixed. The ramping up of the booster campaign is welcome. However, I am concerned when I hear that GPs are being instructed to prioritise booster clinics over...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...and understood that the centre was dealing with those over 50. That changed and the centre was only dealing with those over 60. In fairness, these people accepted that and were willing to move along with the system but we need to deal with these anomalies. We need to address the fact that GPs are operating a slightly different system from the one operating in pharmacies. We know that...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: ...circumstances and to be inconsistent. The prime example of that is that only a few weeks ago we renewed the emergency powers legislation and the lead Opposition party said the restrictions were long past their sell-by date. Yet we are back at the stage where restrictions are being examined. I do not say that as any criticism of the Opposition because the Covid pandemic shifts and turns...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...confirm if she had bothered to stay for a debate she was specifically included in, I have been questioning her on air quality and safety in our schools using the parliamentary question system for a long time now because I am deeply concerned at her Department's attitude to safety in our schools. I am relieved that, at long last, it seems HEPA filtration is being addressed but I cannot...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Gary Gannon: ...Minister there was no crisis in getting substitute teachers while at the same time school principals were going on Twitter to call for substitute teachers to go to their schools. Second, not too long ago the Minister told us she was on the side of children with special educational needs and then she sought to remove banked hours for special education teachers. Those two realities existed...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...than 780 vaccines have been administered and the programme is expected to be completed by the end of December. The roll-out of the booster vaccination programme among people aged 65 and over in long-term residential care facilities, including nursing homes, has been substantially completed since the end of last month, having commenced on 4 October. Vaccination teams were operational...