Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres
Dr. Kevin Kelleher:
It is almost certainly close to the total. It would be uncommon for there not to be an outbreak once there was a case and we would know about it. The number mentioned relates explicitly to the 14 outbreaks. I doubt if there are many more than that, but I cannot say explicitly because of the way the information comes. In particular, it would be difficult to say in respect of people living in some of the other accommodation that Ms Buckley mentioned and that would not be as easily identifiable to us as direct provision services. The figure cited is explicitly what we know about at the moment.
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