Ms Kate Killeen White:

There was only ever one admission into St. Brigid's Hospital as a Covid centre. It became very obvious very quickly that infection prevention and control meant the environment was not appropriate. At that point, the staff were redeployed to the testing centre. We still did not have a vaccination at that time so they were redeployed to the testing centre and other long-stay facilities where we needed the staff. It was not used in the way it was envisaged. As stated, there was only one admission. However, it became very obvious very quickly that we could not resume short-stay services at St. Brigid's Hospital.