Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It would be incredibly important. I know from my own family and from many other families that visiting other people with PPE and protective gear makes the visit almost more traumatic than the absence of a visit. We need to make sure that whatever facilities there are ease some of these concerns or make PPE less necessary by having physical barriers. We want to make sure any facility put in place can be turned around to be a non-Covid facility afterwards. This is crucial.

We have spoken about end of life. We saw harrowing scenes during the very early days of the pandemic with people saying goodbye through a glass window. What arrangements can be put in place in the short term for people who are in a situation where a relative is due to pass away and they have a short period of time to say goodbye?