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He made me do it.

Pair of messers.

This morning.

Government Buildings, Dublin 2

HSE CEO Paul Reid (above left) and chair of Ireland’s High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination Brian MacCraith enter Government Buildings behind a press conference hosted by Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe following the launch of a public consultation on the OECD International Tax Proposals.

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HSE CEO Paul Reid

This morning.

Via Independent.ie:

HSE chief Paul Reid’s remuneration package topped €426,000 last year, including €358,651 in salary.

Mr Reid, who began a five-year contract in May 2019, and has become one of the country’s most recognisable faces during the pandemic, received €48,416 allowances on top of his salary. He has a benefit in kind of €19,141 to cover his company car, according to the HSE’s annual report.

HSE chief Paul Reid’s pay package tops €426,000 – more than twice Taoiseach’s wage (Independent.ie)

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From top: HSE CEO Paul Reid: above from left: Anne O’Connor, COO, HSE; Dr Colm Henry, CCO, HSE; and Damien McCallion, HSE National Lead, Vaccination Programme

 

This afternoon.

Weekly HSE briefing at Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.

Meanwhile…

Asked about the increase in cases of the so-called Indian variant, Dr Colm Henry, CCO, HSE said any increase was a concern, especially seeing how the variant has fared in the UK.

Dr Henry said it is more transmissible than the UK variant, but said they are unsure yet as to how severe it is.

He said it was important to get through the vaccine roll-out quickly before they allow the variant to get a foothold in the population.

2.6 million vaccine doses administered – HSE (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

Thanks, Paul

It was nothing.

Over 30% of adults have received first vaccine dose – HSE (RTÉ)

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This afternoon.

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Earlier: No Fun Lunn

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HSE CEO Paul Reid

This morning.

HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid has expressed concern over the level of activity outside schools, saying that inter-household playdates are “a significant issue”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Mr Reid said that transmission of Covid-19 was not high in schools, but warned that there had been a lot of activity outside of schools.

He said significant testing has been carried out in both primary and post-primary, and on average the positivity rates stand at 2.7% and 1.6% respectively.

“Playdates is very clearly one of the aspects of it coming through or visits between households, that it’s a very significant issue,” he said.

Concern over level of activity outside schools – Reid (RTÉ)

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This morning.

Clonakilty, county Cork.

Thanks Otis Blue

HSE CEO Paul Reid

Last night/this morning.

The pay package for the chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE), Paul Reid, last year increased to €420,103.

Via BreakingNews:

The increase in Mr Reid’s pay last year comes against the background of the numbers of HSE non-medical staff earning over €100,000 increasing by 27 per cent or 144 from 534 in 2019 to 678 last year due to public sector pay rises.

The FOI figures show that Mr Reid’s 2020 pay package is more than double the pay of the second best paid non-medical staff member at the HSE last year.

Mr Reid’s basic pay of €370,000 is almost substantially higher than the current salary of €211,742 for the office of An Taoiseach.

Mr Reid and the top ten best paid non-medical staff in the HSE — mainly managers — last year shared an aggregate €2m in pay.

Mr Reid commenced his five-year contract for the HSE on May 14th, 2019 and even though the Dubliner worked seven and a half months for the HSE in 2019, he was still the HSE’s best paid non-medical member of staff in 2019 when he received €229,194 made up of basic pay of €201,933 and €27,260 in pension contributions.

HSE boss Paul Reid paid €420,103 in 2020 (BreakingNews)

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HSE CEO Paul Reid at Dr Steevens’ Hospital for the weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19.

This afternoon.

Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.

Meanwhile…

NPHET has told the Government that it will become increasingly difficult to maintain the level of suppression of Covid-19 that has been achieved since the New Year.

Dr Tony Holohan advised the Minister for Health that NPHET expects a large number of additional deaths from the virus in the coming weeks.

In its letter to Stephen Donnelly on 21 January, NPHET said the country remains in a very vulnerable position despite great progress in recent weeks.

It warned that “we will all find it challenging to maintain the very low levels of social contact and adherence to social distancing and hygiene measures required to maintain suppression“.

NPHET concerns over maintaining level of virus suppression (RTÉ)

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Paul Reid, CEO, HSE in Dr Steevens’ Hospital  at the weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19 this afternoon

This afternoon.

Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.

Speaking at the weekly HSE Covid-19 update, Mr Reid said there is a “natural urge to hug people and wish them a Merry Christmas” after spending time at a restaurant or a gastropub, but he warned this will pose “an extreme risk”.

He said he foresees three phases of risk, namely this weekend as restaurants and gastropubs reopen, the second being next week until 18 December when people can visit other households, and from the week of Christmas until the New Year being the third phase.

Mr Reid said the HSE will be “watching very carefully” during the third phase “which poses the highest risk for the HSE and health services” due to an anticipated level of inter-generational mixing.

Not inhumanly weird at all.

Hugging at Christmas will pose ‘extreme risk’ (RTÉ)

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UCD O’Brien (cough) Centre for Science.

Paul Reid, CEO HSE (above) rejected claims that the test and trace system is falling apart and described such claims as ‘alarmist and unhelpful’.

Via RTÉ:

Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid said the 14-day incidence of Covid-19 is at 25.4 per 100,000 leaving Ireland the third highest in Europe for new cases.

He said there have been clusters in private households, workplaces and sporting events.

He said:

“We want people to come forward for testing and have demonstrated that the system is meeting demand, which it did last week.”

He also said that in some cases there were up to 50 close contacts of a confirmed case identified.

Assistant Professor at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at TCD Tomás Ryan said earlier this week that Ireland’s test, trace and isolate system was never fast enough and is now falling apart.

HSE rejects claims test system ‘falling apart’ (RTÉ)

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