Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed)
Mr. Phelim Quinn:
I would not call it stonewalling. There has been engagement with the Department on things such as the statutory home case scheme. That scheme, however, appears to continue to be in development as a separate scheme. Our recommendation, however, based on our own experience within the sector, is that there should be more of a regulatory framework that spans the entirety of older persons services.
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