Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-27
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I agree that it is very important that we keep our residents in nursing homes safe. There are approximately 30,000 nursing home residents in the country. I am glad to have an opportunity to respond on this issue. This was always a temporary assistance payment to support nursing homes when they needed extra staff and preventative measures like infection prevention and control, IPC. This payment has been extended twice already. Over €133 million has been made available and significant money has been drawn down. To be clear, all the other supports for PPE, Covid teams on the ground and IPC will be retained. Full support from the HSE will be retained.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-27