Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank all our guests for attending and for their presentations. My first questions are on the roll-out of the vaccine programme in nursing homes. The original target date for having all residents and staff in nursing homes receive the first dose of the vaccine was more than a week ago. For various reasons, this has not happened and the Minister has told us that there are four nursing homes where no vaccine has been provided. In another 117 nursing homes, there are significant numbers who did not receive the vaccine, again for various reasons. What is the total number of people in those two groups, as between residents and staff?

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