Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-07
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Catherine Murphy (SD), Kildare North

I take it then that the Taoiseach will be talking to HIQA to ensure that that report is done and will be produced for that tragic case.
The Taoiseach did not address the issue of the reduction of funding. Will he address that in his response, and if there is a report or evaluation, that that will be provided to the Dáil?
Is the Taoiseach surprised about the kind of warnings that were coming from senior officials in the HSE who had a responsibility? Very serious concerns were raised. Is he concerned that they did not come into play earlier, because they were being raised at the beginning of March? Some of these concerns, including those from Nursing Home Ireland, were being raised at the same time that NPHET was saying that there was not a requirement to isolate nursing homes from visitors. It was at a very early stage. Does that surprise the Taoiseach? This has been raised. We all felt that we were a bit dismissed when we raised the issue about what we were seeing in nursing homes. Will those concerns in particular be looked at by the expert committee?

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Sitting date: 2020-07-07