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

I thank Dr. Glynn. I reiterate that there seems to have been a complete lack of emphasis placed on the importance of ventilation. We have not been taking the advice of the expert groups in this regard.

I have some questions for Professor Butler. The first concerns the issue of staff in nursing homes. My understanding is that patient-facing staff in the HSE are required to be vaccinated. Should we be seeking to have a similar requirement in the nursing home sector? I refer to a requirement for all patient-facing staff in those settings to be vaccinated.

Moving on to the issue of antibody testing, does Professor Butler see a role for such testing to assess waning immunity to the virus in certain categories of people?