Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Pringle. I note the Deputy has some other questions to ask me later as well, which I will endeavour to answer.

On the community health organisations, I do not have details in relation to specific risk assessments that were carried out but I will certainly check, get that detail and revert to Deputy Pringle today in respect of it. What I can tell the Deputy is that HIQA is playing an active role in carrying out risk assessments in community organisations, particularly in the nursing home settings and, where necessary, in making recommendations in terms of how we can safeguard residents in those settings.

As for the issue of the company Deputy Pringle mentioned, which is outside my remit, nobody should be using a global pandemic to in any way renege on the normal responsibilities that an employer would have to its employees.

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