Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes

Dr. Siobhán Kennelly:

I am sorry for talking over the Deputy. I want to emphasise the role of the regulator in working with the providers on what their baseline safe staffing levels look like and how those are coming to light in the context of the pandemic. There is much work to be done to make sure there is sufficient baseline staffing in care homes for vulnerable people. We must look at the fact that 40%-----

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