Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the provision of additional staffing resources in order to ensure that sufficient staff are in place in hospital wards in order that inpatients with Covid-19 can be facilitated with a family video call in the cases in which family members are not allowed visit due to Covid-19 being on the ward given that ward staff are unable to facilitate video calls as a result of their existing workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3111/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.