Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State

Ms Anne O'Connor:

As Mr. Reid said, we have a rolling capital plan. I do not have in front of me the numbers of units with an excess of single or double occupancy but we can get those for the Deputy. A lot of work has been done since the outbreak of Covid to ensure that people are more separated, have single occupancy rooms and the environment is managed. We are challenged in some of our environments and have been working regularly with HIQA on multi-occupancy. We can get the specific information for the Deputy but it is part of our rolling plan.