Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed)

Ms Mary Dunnion:

I would not be able to give the Deputy the number of concerns that were upheld because the majority of them centred around the fact that families were unable to see their family members within a nursing home. That was significant and such was our concern that two weeks ago we wrote to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to see if we could get public health guidance on how nursing home owners may be able to open their doors in a controlled manner with public health precautions so families could see their loved ones in nursing homes. That decision has yet to be made.

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