Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team

Photo of Annie HoeyAnnie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want to follow up on a point that was raised during Deputy Hourigan's questions. It is veering a little bit of course. Why does NPHET make recommendations for nursing homes but not for maternity services? I know of the reasoning that not all maternity services and wards have spacing and capacity but I would hazard that no two nursing homes are of the same size or layout and NPHET does make recommendations on when people can go in and out of them. Is there a differentiation that I just do not know about? Why does NPHET not make recommendations on maternity services but does for nursing homes?

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