Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this matter again. I know he feels strongly about it and has raised it on many occasions. I support an independent inquiry into the State's handling of the pandemic, not with a view to pointing fingers but with a view to getting to the truth, understanding what happened and learning lessons for the future. We are scoping that out at present. It will go beyond any particular nursing home or beyond health. It has to cover the economic response and other things too. We will have to see, as part of that inquiry, if we can look at particular sites, not only Dealgan nursing home but others too, and how that can work out.

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