Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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1445. To ask the Minister for Health if details of the meetings and correspondence he has had with a body (details supplied) will be published; if advice he received from the officials in his Department and HIQA in relation to same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20966/20]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Department has had continuous and ongoing engagement with the stakeholder referenced and the Health Information and Quality Authority during 2020. 

As a key stakeholder, I intend to maintain positive engagements with this representative body as we continue the ongoing response to COVID-19.

The extensive engagements to date have related to issues such as visiting guidance, staffing, PPE, testing and related matters to the COVID-19 pandemic and nursing homes.

In May the Department published records provided to the Oireachtas Special Committee on the COVID-19 Response relating to engagements with this body and these records are available on the Department’s website.