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 pick up on Deputy Butler's previous question too by saying I absolutely agree with both elements of what she said earlier. I welcome the fact that she said everything was done in good faith and that we have to learn for the future. That is our absolute focus as well right across the healthcare sector.
The current guidance reflects our knowledge now of this virus to a greater degree than was available at the start of March, and it reflects the fact that the HSE has done such Trojan work in getting the testing capacity in place. That means that all patients transferred from acute hospitals are now tested and all transfers are isolated for 14 days, so we are learning and we will apply the learning as we go ahead.
I have forgotten Deputy Butler's other question to me.
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