David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Was there not a plan in place for acute hospitals? I commend the Department on it. I had very high-level engagement with the management of University Hospital Waterford in early March. It had a plan in place that involved shifting staff out of the hospital to a private hospital. It involved freeing up beds for Covid patients. In fact, we did not need the capacity in the end because of the low level of contraction in Waterford, but it struck me that there was planning at a high level. Considering that Mr. Breslin said there was a plan put in place in the middle of March, why was there not an overarching, comprehensive plan in place for nursing homes prior to that?