John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the witnesses for their presentation and their responses. I represent a constituency, Wicklow, which has a high density of nursing homes and, unfortunately, like many other areas, they were heavily impacted by outbreaks of Covid-19. Unfortunately, there were many fatalities. I have worked with many families who are still suffering because of the loss of their loved ones and that is something we should not forget in all of this.

This is a very useful piece of work because we need transparency. We also need accountability and measures to be put in place to ensure a scandal such as this one never happens again.

On a point of clarity, it is stated in the report that the first confirmed case was in a nursing home on 13 March.

There seems to be some confusion about that. Some of the members said it was the first confirmed fatality in a nursing home. Was it a confirmed case or a confirmed fatality?