Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases

Ms Anne O'Connor:

No, the field hospitals are all part of the self-isolation facility. In the self-isolation facility we provide two different types of accommodation, one of which is for people in general who need to self-isolate and are referred through public health, their GP or acute hospitals. The second cohort is healthcare workers who need self-isolation as they are returning to Ireland to work. The care facility does not have residents. We use it for initiatives such as the drive-through glaucoma testing. We are working with Children's Health Ireland on other initiatives such as accessing allergy testing for children.

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