Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland

Ms Susan Cliffe:

Yes, they had. Only two floors of that facility were registered in the initial phase because it was deemed the third floor was not ready for registration. However, we expedited that request to register the centre on the understanding that it would be next to impossible to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to all the residents who were living in the existing facility.

I can understand where the Deputy is coming from. Residents transferred with Covid, but they transferred because of the concern of the contagion among the totality of residents who were living in the initial facility.

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