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

The vast majority of the 8,600 citizens who died from Covid were over 65 years of age. Very frequently their passing was a matter of great upset and trauma for everybody concerned, most of all the families, who could not be present because of the nature of the illness. We promised in our programme for Government to establish a commission on care to assess how we care and to examine alternatives to care for older people, both at home and in nursing homes. Is this a priority? What is the timeline to commence this very important promised commission?

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