Covid 19 (Health): Statements Dail Éireann — 2021-01-13 ============================================================ Mary Butler (FF), Waterford Regarding the Deputy's first question, the pandemic has borne down hard on the older generation. The Minister and I are on record as saying that people need to receive answers, but we are in the middle of the third surge and our focus is on nursing homes and keeping our elderly generation safe. There will be time for a discussion on the matter in question. People need answers. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2021-01-13/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:58+00:00 Sitting date: 2021-01-13