Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Briefing by Department of Health Officials
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
We will not quarrel in public; we can deal with that matter later. I will proceed.
I welcome the two witnesses and thank them and the teams behind them for their work. I send my best wishes to those teams and commend them for the work they have done. I will put my questions distinctly and I know that our witnesses are experienced and will respond equally distinctly. This is our first opportunity to look back, although it is also important to look forward, which I will do when I talk about testing and tracing. There are questions that need to be put about nursing homes and congregated settings. I will firstly put questions to Dr. Holohan.
My understanding is that when Nursing Homes Ireland first responded to the Covid-19 crisis on 4 March, it imposed nationwide visiting restrictions on private facilities. Is that correct?
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