Image: Sasko Lazarov Image: Sasko Lazarov HEALTH MINISTER STEPHEN Donnelly has told the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting that Ireland’s contact tracing system “didn’t collapse”, after the HSE revealed that it would need to ask patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 to contact trace their own close contacts.
The HSE said it will send a text message to 2,000-2,500 people today, asking them to inform their own close contacts that they should restrict their movements and contact their GP “immediately” to arrange a test. Meanwhile, at the Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said that it was “very unfair” of the HSE to “dump” on GPs the responsibility to resolve the testing and tracing fallout.
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An absolute out and out bluffer. Not fit for the job. Don’t think you can bluff your way out of everything DonnellyStephen
12 months from now Government will announce we are moving to level......
His answers to questions should start with “Once upon a time...”
How he managed says all this with a straight face.
Exceptional gobshite who no one has any confidance, trust or respect for.
What a complete joke. Surely he has to resign. He was Harris's biggest critic and his a total disaster.
The twin towers didn't collapse either..it was a once off...what a fool
Muppet
FF tripe. The testing is shambolic as is housing OBrien another FF studge helping the homeless stay warm for 6 more weeks. We will end up testing ourselves shortly. Today the roads were busier than normal M1 M4 M50 so much for essential workers.
How is he still in a job. Hasn’t got a fucking clue what he’s doing
Lies. That doesn't even make sense.
This is a ridiculous. Everyone knows it didn't work even at low cases. If it did we won't have such high cases now. This kind of nonsense drags everyone down. Please be frank or get off the stage.
More lies from a man completely out of his depth
It collapsed simple as that. As per usual the HSE has squandered the time it had to get things right
I only have one word ... bollocks.
In over his head 🙄
You couldn't make this up and they had no credibility to start with.
Christ who let this man out! Pathetic embarressing, reminiscent of the time eberyone was given a drivers license because of back log. Only difference is peoples livescarevat risk.
Unfortunately, due to that tv iv a while back, we know he is not trustworthy. How can we believe him when we know he’ll make up any old €&% on the fly?
I sincerely hope the people get back the money they spent of texting.
I bet the Social Democrats are glad they're rid of trampoline Steve now.
A complete joke!!!
christinafinn8 a one off is asking one person to do it, thousands is another level
Well that’s a lie. I know a recently confirmed case that was not contacted for over a week for details... completed the contract tracing themselves.... was also over a week to be provided with the code to update the tracing app also.... system is on its knees
Ha! Sure it didn't Stephen, between this and the claim there has been mass testing in schools...
Slick Rick at it again....🤦 How about, sort out the system instead of bombarding us with spin and useless jargon. Yes the system failed, yes your department messed up, own it and move on to making sure the system is improved and doesn't happen again!!!
Seriously he is a laughing stock.. out of his depth.
DonnellyStephen is not fit for office he just doesn't get it Covid-19
Now that they got their fucking lockdown,there should b a lockdown on reporting about fucking lockdown for next 6 wks,bad enough been in lockdown and listening every fucking minute about fucking lockdown. lockdown here,lockdown there,lockdown fucking everywhere.rant over.nitenite
Or, as we call it in the real world, making it up as you go along. So reassuring the DoH and HSE have done everything possible here. Oh wait, they’ve done the least possible. And everyone must be locked down. Got it.
Bit like saying the 'house isn't on fire' when the house is on fire
Who gives a shite about contact tracing? NPHET have just destroyed our country because of a casedemic.
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