Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Today, we in Aontú launched a Bill seeking a commission of investigation into the management of nursing homes during the Covid crisis. The majority of people in the State who have died during the pandemic caught Covid in a hospital or a nursing home. Indeed, more than 2,000 people died after contracting Covid in a nursing home. Many of their families are deeply distressed and want to know the truth of what happened to them. Nursing homes were kept open to visitors longer than nursing homes wanted. There was a surge of 10,000 patients from hospitals into nursing homes in the first half of 2020 and many of them were not tested. Will the Government support the Aontú Bill for a commission of investigation into nursing homes?

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