Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Does the Taoiseach agree that now is the appropriate time to establish a Government commission of inquiry into all of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 23 residents from Covid in Dealgan House nursing home in April 2020? Of the 460 nursing homes in the country, this is the only one where the HSE took over operational management to ensure appropriate medical and nursing staff were in place to make sure that residents' well-being was looked after. There are major concerns over the way the home was run and the absence of appropriate management. No GP was physically present to support the residents between 17 April and 30 April. Will the Taoiseach examine and appropriately appoint a commission of inquiry, as happened in the case of Leas Cross, given the exceptional circumstances surrounding these deaths?

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