Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed)
Mr. Jim Breslin:
I will deal with that. I was about to say that Covid-19 placed substantial unprecedented pressures on staffing given the absenteeism that affected staff numbers. Going back to when the regulations were first done, the difficulty in specifying a particular ratio arises from the difference and variety among patients and the variety of accommodation and infrastructure available to any particular nursing home.
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