Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed)

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a number of questions which are quite general but if I could have specific answers regarding Dealgan House, it would be helpful. Mr. Daly also spoke about the discharges from acute hospitals and he put it down squarely to difficulties across nursing homes in general. With regard to Dealgan House Nursing Home, there were obviously a huge number of issues and it is an absolute tragedy. I would like to know at what point HIQA became aware and how it escalated the issue. I would also like to know how the HSE first became aware and how it escalated the issue, given that it obviously reached a point where the RCSI hospitals group was appointed in or around 17 April. I would like to have those answers first.

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