Dáil debates
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements
9:35 pm
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
My question is specifically in relation to the community health organisations on 2 April. It is now 13 May. Were those assessments carried out, as we were told on 2 April? If so, what was the result and what were the issues? I am particularly conscious I have read an opinion by senior counsel and junior counsel for the Irish Refugee Council and they point out the positive obligations on the State to take appropriate action to protect people's health in many settings but particularly in this. From reading that, we are utterly failing to do that and we discriminated against that vulnerable sector. In that context, I am trying to get some information. Were the assessments carried out? If so, what are the results? What are the issues?
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