Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Update from Health Service Executive
John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is enough for me. Mr. Reid might also be able to answer this genuine question on the figures for me. The number of people referred to in Mr. Reid's previous answer is a huge jump. The census in 2016 estimated that there were just over 32,000 people aged 65 years old and over in what are called communal establishments, of which almost 23,000 were in nursing homes and the remaining 10,000 people were in other communal establishments. Has there been a jump in the figure from about 22,000 in 2016, and a total of 32,000 at that time, to the figure given by Mr. Reid of 75,000 people?
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