Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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1627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that underwent training to skill-up in order to work in an ICU setting since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form. [1135/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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At the outset of the pandemic, substantial work was carried out to develop a critical care capacity plan, a key part of which was the provision of training to nurses to allow them to provide support to critical care as required.  In order to ensure the Deputy receives a comprehensive answer, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to her with the information she has requested.