Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Workforce Planning in Acute and Community Care Settings: Discussion

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is one suggestion there, which is that in the, we hope unlikely, event that schools or childcare facilities had to close, schools would remain open for the provision of childcare to front-line healthcare workers, as is the case in other countries. That is an interesting one to see.

My final question relates to Covid as an occupational illness. What way is Covid treated now? Ms Ní Sheaghdha has been the most articulate one but perhaps the question could be shared around.

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