Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are a number of points I wanted to raise but I will touch only on one that relates to congregated settings within the HSE. I was in contact with someone who was, in fact, affected by Covid-19 and works in a facility where a number of people died. The person highlighted the simple fact that there were no changing facilities within the facility for staff when they came into work in the morning. A number of people died. Within a few days, all of what the staff were looking for was put in place. I am wondering at the very start of this process whether an audit was done to see which congregated settings were in danger. For instance, in the setting to which I refer, there were six psychiatric patients per ward. Once the virus got in there, it was high risk. I am wondering was there a list of those places made. We have a number of HSE facilities where there have been more than ten deaths. Was a list made? It would appear from the evidence I have that no action was taken to deal with a crisis in those facilities.