Defence Forces
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-16
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Brendan Griffin (FG), Kerry

Further people involved include those directly in contact with the healthcare workers on site. Patient transfer teams were not considered. These people did similar jobs to people in ambulance teams bringing people for tests who needed to be transported. For example, the Tralee testing centre was manned by military personnel for 12 to 16 months, including Christmas and all public holidays. I was in there many times with family members and for tests myself. It was an efficient operation and the Tánaiste would be proud of the way everything was conducted. Some people feel hurt they were not included in the scheme. Sometimes with red tape and bureaucracy people slip through the net. I hope it would not be too difficult to revisit and put right.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-16