Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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359. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department received a request for assistance from the HSE and the Department Heath during the Covid -19 pandemic for a specific nursing home (details supplied) during the first outbreak of Covid-19; if so, the date that such request was made; the nature of the request; the response of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53489/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In supporting the national effort in countering COVID-19, the Defence Forces provided a range of non clinical and administrative supports in a number of residential care home facilities at the request of the HSE.

All requests for assistance from the HSE were managed centrally by HSE Head Office who liaised directly with the Defence Forces Joint Task Force established to coordinate the Defence Forces contribution to the whole-of-Government COVID-19 response.

Neither my Department nor the Defence Forces have any record of receiving a request for assistance in relation to this specific nursing home.