Entire Cabinet to self-isolate as Dáil adjourned

GerardKeating

It seems the Government (and Dáil) are closed down for a few days.

Odyssey 2005

GerardKeating wrote: »

It seems the Government (and Dáil) are closed down for a few days.

Grand job.

leahyl

They needed a break, bless

BPKS

Donnelly had been spouting an awful lot of sh1te since he got the job. Wonder was he also spouting the virus at the cabinet meeting.

I'm going full conspiracy theory on this and saying they are after pulling the duvet over their heads and hoping everybody will have forgotten these new 5 Level system by the time they can be accountable in the media again.

Scuid Mhór

The circus continues. Let's try not to jump to conclusions until we hear whether or not Donnelly has tested positive, but keep in mind if the Dail is self-isolating, they have all probably been in pretty close contact with him for the last few days/weeks. Recall the UK and the Iranian governments getting wiped out by this at the beginning of the first wave, the Iranian government mores. Of course, our government isn't as old as an Islamic theocracy, but with the after-effects of COVID-19 we are all hearing about, if this sweeps through the cabinet, we might lose government members for weeks and when they have recovered (assuming they do recover), they still might not be fit enough for the job. This is a worst-case scenario but it could occur quite quickly.

Plumbthedepths

Donnelly should be sacked for ignoring the advice he expects everyone else to follow. Bunch of Muppets.

DangerScouse

Horrible for Donnelly. Hope he's alright. I wouldn't wish this virus on anyone

khalessi

Interesting they are social distancing in a conference centre and everyone is considered a close contact so they close it down. I am closer than 60cm from the kids I teach for 40 minutes in an 8 foot wide room and have been told as SET I don't count as a close contact, that I should continue working.

Amirani

khalessi wrote: »

Interesting they are social distancing in a conference centre and everyone is considered a close contact so they close it down. I am closer than 60cm from the kids I teach for 40 minutes and have been told as SET I don't count as a close contact, that I should continue working.

The Dail can't function without the Government present, it's pretty straightforward.

Itssoeasy

How exactly can Stephan Donnelly continue as minister for health if he tests positive for coronavirus when he’s been going on about the precautions and what not to do if you feel unwell and yet it seems he’s potentially not just the cabinet but their families at risk. I mean this incident doesn’t help the narrative of it being one rule for them and one for everyone else.

leahyl

Itssoeasy wrote: »

How exactly can Stephan Donnelly continue as minister for health if he tests positive for coronavirus when he’s been going on about the precautions and what not to do if you feel unwell and yet it seems he’s potentially not just the cabinet but their families at risk. I mean this incident doesn’t help the narrative of it being one rule for them and one for everyone else.

Well, it said he started feeling ill during the press conference so I don’t think he felt unwell beforehand....If that was the case then he obviously shouldn’t have attended the press conference

JP Liz V1

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Donnelly should be sacked for ignoring the advice he expects everyone else to follow. Bunch of Muppets.

****e Show, a shambles, get FF out

I doubt any on covid pay while out

PixieValentine

What's mad is for months the last government were actively trying to prevent this very scenario by meeting in groups of two, never all at once, so they WOULDN'T all be taken out at once. Leo and Simon C were almost never in the same room from mid March until sometime in June so they were giving themselves every chance of the two never being taken out at the same time, and so the Tanaiste would be able to take over from the Taoiseach if he got sick or had to self-isolate. They KNEW this could be a possibility!

NIMAN

Itssoeasy wrote: »

How exactly can Stephan Donnelly continue as minister for health if he tests positive for coronavirus when he’s been going on about the precautions and what not to do if you feel unwell and yet it seems he’s potentially not just the cabinet but their families at risk. I mean this incident doesn’t help the narrative of it being one rule for them and one for everyone else.

So you think he should be sacked simply because he caught a highly contagious virus?

I'm no fan of him, but it's not like he did it deliberately. No one who got CV19 did it deliberately.

You'd be a harsh boss.

khalessi

Amirani wrote: »

The Dail can't function without the Government present, it's pretty straightforward.

Really!! Well who'd a thunk it? Theyre kinda ****ing it up as it is

Ppoint being if they cant manage it in a huge conference centre, how do they expect schools to do it. Should had a planB

Plumbthedepths

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

****e Show, a shambles, get FF out

I doubt any on covid pay while out

It's a tri party government.

normanoffside

DangerScouse wrote: »

Horrible for Donnelly. Hope he's alright. I wouldn't wish this virus on anyone

You really should understand that it’s not likely to affect him much more than a cold.
Despite his often mocked appearance he appears to be a young and healthy.

Plumbthedepths

NIMAN wrote: »

So you think he should be sacked simply because he caught a highly contagious virus?

I'm no fan of him, but it's not like he did it deliberately. No one who got CV19 did it deliberately.

You'd be a harsh boss.

No he should not be sacked for catching the virus ( if he has) he however should be sacked for failing to adhere to health advice his government are instructing the public to follow.

chuck eastwood

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Donnelly should be sacked for ignoring the advice he expects everyone else to follow. Bunch of Muppets.

What advice did he ignore

DangerScouse

Just when we need a fully operational government with the country facing into a virus and Brexit crisis also.

You can only laugh tbh.

Sardonicat

khalessi wrote: »

Interesting they are social distancing in a conference centre and everyone is considered a close contact so they close it down.

But are they socially distancing in closed cabinet meetings and adhering to the other guidelines there ? The speed at which they've shut up shop suggests otherwise. Nothwithstanding, I take your point about conditions on schools.

NIMAN

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

No he should not be sacked for catching the virus ( if he has) he however should be sacked for failing to adhere to health advice his government are instructing the public to follow.

Following government advice is not 100% guaranteed to stop you getting the virus.

Amirani

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

No he should not be sacked for catching the virus ( if he has) he however should be sacked for failing to adhere to health advice his government are instructing the public to follow.

You don't know whether he followed public health advice or not. You basically don't have a clue.

Plumbthedepths

chuck eastwood wrote: »

What advice did he ignore

A cough is viewed as a symptom,


https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/symptoms.html

BPKS

Sardonicat wrote: »

But are they socially distancing in closed cabinet meetings and adhering to the other guidelines there ? The speed at which they've shut up shop suggests otherwise. Nothwithstanding, I take your point about conditions on schools.

If you are indoor with somebody for over 15 minutes who developed Covid you are considered a close contact and have to self isolate til you get results of a test.

Well that's how it was during Phase 3. I'm not sure how it works when Dublin is in Level 2.5 and operating during a Yellow sun warning, an Orange wind warning and a red rainfall warning.

Amirani

Dail going to resume tonight, junior ministers going to step in for Cabinet.

Happy4all

Were they not working in two separate teams to try and avoid full closure? Like most organization

Beechwoodspark

Another fine mess from Stephen calamity Donnelly

Plumbthedepths

Amirani wrote: »

You don't know whether he followed public health advice or not. You basically don't have a clue.

He was on the radio earlier today coughing, a symptom as outlined by the HSE and you are requested to isolate and arrange a test .

Beechwoodspark

Happy4all wrote: »

Were they not working in two separate teams to try and avoid full closure? Like most organization

Too much like common sense

BPKS

Amirani wrote: »

Dail going to resume tonight, junior ministers going to step in for Cabinet.

Like making the Junior B team play an All Ireland final.

Than again the senior team are fcukin useless too.

Plumbthedepths

NIMAN wrote: »

Following government advice is not 100% guaranteed to stop you getting the virus.

Did I say it was? You are however asked to isolate if you have any of the recognised symptoms.

SEPT 23 1989

Today of all days

Beechwoodspark

This is some mess

We face the prospect of the entire cabinet being incapacitated during a very important period of time

ChikiChiki

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

This is some mess

We face the prospect of the entire cabinet being incapacitated during a very important period of time

Can they not work remotely?

All the tech is there.

Amirani

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Can they not work remotely?

All the tech is there.

They will be.

Dempo1

You just couldn't make this up, it's beyond astonishing and I suspect soon after this shambles of a road map was coming under intense scrutiny, Leo came up with a Cunning plan, let's all self isolate until the dust settles.

357 new cases, 3 deaths and the best they can come up with is level 2 and a bit for Dublin, its shocking. The road map is essentially nothing new actually it's nothing at all apert from. More incoherent nonsense.

I dispair at what's coming, there even putting Trump to shame with the ineptitude.

MugsGame

I trust Charlie McConalogue is en route to the underground bunker in Athlone, we can't afford to lose another one ...

JP Liz V1

NIMAN wrote: »

So you think he should be sacked simply because he caught a highly contagious virus?

I'm no fan of him, but it's not like he did it deliberately. No one who got CV19 did it deliberately.

You'd be a harsh boss.

He was coughing at presser and also on radio earlier this morning so wasn't taking his own advice of staying at home

DangerScouse

Dempo1 wrote: »

You just couldn't make this up, it's beyond astonishing and I suspect soon after this shambles of a road map was coming under intense scrutiny, Leo came up with a Cunning plan, let's all self isolate until the dust settles.

357 new cases, 3 deaths and the best they can come up with is level 2 and a bit for Dublin, its shocking. The road map is essentially nothing new actually it's nothing at all apert from. More incoherent nonsense.

I dispair at what's coming, there even putting Trump to shame with the ineptitude.

At least Trump is entertaining. MM is the most boring man ever to have lived.

Jimbob1977

Hope he gets well soon.

Corona virus could happen to anyone. It doesn't discriminate.

MugsGame

MugsGame wrote: »

I trust Charlie McConalogue is en route to the underground bunker in Athlone, we can't afford to lose another one ...

Designated Survivor, Irish style

Dr Turk Turkelton

khalessi wrote: »

Interesting they are social distancing in a conference centre and everyone is considered a close contact so they close it down. I am closer than 60cm from the kids I teach for 40 minutes in an 8 foot wide room and have been told as SET I don't count as a close contact, that I should continue working.

The biggest scandal in this thread if it is true is that there is a classroom that is only eight feet wide.
That sounds like something from the 1930's- is there any chance you could post a pic of this classroom with something in the pic for scale?

byhookorbycrook

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

The biggest scandal in this thread if it is true is that there is a classroom that is only eight feet wide.
That sounds like something from the 1930's- is there any chance you could post a pic of this classroom with something in the pic for scale?

It’s a special education room. Would normally have groups of 4 students , but that number can be higher .

Jimbob1977

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

The biggest scandal in this thread if it is true is that there is a classroom that is only eight feet wide.
That sounds like something from the 1930's- is there any chance you could post a pic of this classroom with something in the pic for scale?

A special needs teacher would operate from a small room.

In my child's school, the special needs teacher used to operate from a converted broom cupboard.

gmisk

I suppose inevitable this would happen eventually here

Dr Turk Turkelton

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

It’s a special education room. Would normally have groups of 4 students , but that number can be higher .

Even so I find it hard to believe that it is only eight feet wide- that sounds like a broom closet.

Edit; just seen above post about a broom closet!

PixieValentine

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1305921201492160518?s=20

ChikiChiki

Feels like we have a free gaff at the minute.

Time for some divilment.

Dempo1

What happened to this external PR company they were to hire? Although I guess even the best PR company in the world can make a Turd not look like a Turd.

Wait for it, Leo will be out soon enough continuing his one man undermining show.

Mental Mickey

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

He was on the radio earlier today coughing, a symptom as outlined by the HSE and you are requested to isolate and arrange a test .

Was he in studio or speaking by phone?