Dealgan House nursing home inquiry

Summary

Deputy O'Dowd asks whether the Covid inquiry should specifically examine Dealgan House, where 23 residents died. The Tánaiste says the inquiry already exists in a set form, but he is not ruling anything out for a future government.

Micheál Martin The Tánaiste Fianna Fáil

First, the Government has taken a decision to establish the inquiry in the form that it has. It is open to a new government to examine that. It certainly will examine it.

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Fergus O'Dowd Fine Gael

Would you recommend that it would?

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Micheál Martin The Tánaiste Fianna Fáil

We have to be conscious that to do it for just one nursing home could be problematic.

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Fergus O'Dowd Fine Gael

It is the only one the HSE took over. That is the point.

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Micheál Martin The Tánaiste Fianna Fáil

I am not saying no to it.

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Fergus O'Dowd Fine Gael

Will you say yes?

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Micheál Martin The Tánaiste Fianna Fáil

Others may come forward. I do not want to make cast-iron guarantees on one specific home without looking at the broader issue of nursing homes more generally, which needs to be examined.

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Fergus O'Dowd Fine Gael

That is not good enough.

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