Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps the Minister could examine the lack of electronic records. With paper records, it is very difficult to find out exactly where one is on the list. It is hard to cross-check between different Departments and it is hard to know the number of cases. It is hard to believe that we are still relying on paper records at this stage.

I wish to thank the Minister and his staff, in the last week of this session, for the help they have given me on this and other questions. I know the Department has been extremely busy. It must be the busiest Department during the pandemic. However, it is time to move away from paper records so we can at least know how bad the situation is. It is horrific to think that cases have increased two- to threefold during the pandemic. It is horrendous.

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