It is “not fine” for the government to be purely a commentator in the Covid 19 review, particularly when there are families in Dealgan House in Dundalk who still don’t know what happened to their loved ones, five years on, Louth TD Ruairí Ó Murchú has told the Dáil.
The Sinn Féin TD was speaking during a debate about nursing homes, prompted by the recent Prime Time Investigates programme.
The Louth TD said it was “hard to believe we are back here again” discussing nursing homes, 20 years after the Leas Cross scandal, which led to the establishment of HIQA.
He said HIQA needs more powers, particularly for unannounced visits to homes.
Deputy Ó Murchú spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.
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