David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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624. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the ongoing attendance and visiting restrictions in hospitals; if the current HSE guidance will be reviewed to allow families and friends to visit their loved ones in hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3377/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Guidance relating to visitor access in acute hospitals is developed by HSE AMRIC and published on the HPSC website. This guidance is implemented at a local level according to hospital policy and the prevailing situation in each hospital.

As the implementation of visiting guidance is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.