Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not deny that or disagree with Ms O'Connor. I agree that is what happened. The families, however, have not been told and have not been given the facts around that decision. Their freedom of information request has not given them the facts which the HSE obviously has. The families need to be given these facts because the HSE has to be accountable and they have to get closure. I will leave that point with Ms O'Connor and Mr. Reid.

I have a different question now concerning testing. We were told in July that there were 1,300 people in all, I think, who had been identified as needing a test for Covid-19 but who had refused to go for such a test. The intention of the HSE was to follow that up. Can we be given the result of that follow-up? What has happened since? How many people have now refused testing and what has been the outcome of all that action?