Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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-----the pain of those families if it is going to happen into the future. I welcome the changes that are coming in this document. We must look after these relatives in a far more careful and caring way. I charge the witnesses with not being accountable to them. HIQA is the regulator and they have not got closure. They will not get it until they get an inquiry. That is what is needed, Chairman.