Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers
Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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I understand that Ireland has the highest Covid infection rate for health workers in the world and that one in every ten Covid cases reported involves a healthcare worker. Given that more than €1 billion will be spent on PPE in Ireland this year, how is it possible that healthcare workers did not have access to adequate supplies of it?