Michael Collins

To get COVID-19 restrictions lifted on Marts so that a limited number of purchasers of livestock complying with regulations be allowed into the sales ring.::To highlight that this is a critical time of year for our suckler farmers in the market place and it is vital the Mart…

To progress the amendment to the Nursing Home Support Scheme legislation and introduce a three year cap on family farms subject to certain criteria being met.

To highlight the impact of visiting restrictions on nursing home residents and their families and to get clarity on progress made in relation to the implementation of the recommendations that were set out in in the Nursing Home Expert Panel report.

To highlight the publication of a new discussion document on the impact that the pandemic has had on the current system of care for older people.

Addressing the needs of oncology patients to access new therapies

To ensure health policy priorities are maintained in both COVID and non-COVID healthcare specific to MSD's work

To ask Government Ministers and TDs to ensure that Ireland's public health response to Covid-19 goes beyond a continuous cycle of lockdowns, which the WHO recommends against. We sought the introduction of a robust test, trace, isolation and control system of pandemic management.

To ensure the committee members were aware of the challenges and struggles of people living with MS during the COVID-19 pandemic and to outline some of the challenges for MS ireland during this time.

To provide the Special Committee with views from the Society's Human Rights & Equality, Litigation and Criminal Law Committees on the State's legislative response to the crisis

Investment in public health capacity including the immediate awarding of consultant status to public health specialists and the full implementation of the Crowe Horwath, Final Report to the Department of Health on the Role, Training and Career Structures of Public Health…

Conclusion of the agreement between the State and private hospitals, safeguard continuity of care for patients and redirect public funds to create additional capacity in the public hospital system

To address capacity deficits in acute hospitals including the consultant recruitment & retention crisis and to secure appropriate resourcing of services including acute hospital and mental health services, home help and nursing home care, Disability Services, Organ…

to ensure adequate supplies of PPE;::to ensure adequate staffing levels to cover close contact exclusion and sick absent healthcare workers;::All healthcare facilities must ensure that policies and protocols are in place in relation to infection prevention and control, that…

Investment in public health capacity including the immediate awarding of consultant status to public health specialists and the full implementation of the Crowe Horwath, Final Report to the Department of Health on the Role, Training and Career Structures of Public Health…

The provision of increased respiratory services in community and hospital settings in order to avert a lung health crisis this Winter as a result of the impact of both COVID and non-COVID respiratory disease