The HSE is considering the "quality" of a draft report commissioned to examine the care of patients at a Dublin nursing home during Covid-19 before the report is "finalised".
The Dáil has heard that an investigation team which examined allegations made by a whistleblower regarding the care of patients during the first wave of the pandemic at St Mary's Hospital in Phoenix Park has submitted a draft report to the HSE.
In reply to a parliamentary question from the Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd, the HSE’s Interim National Director for Community Operations confirmed she had received the draft report.
Yvonne O’Neill who is Commissioner of the Investigation, said she was taking "due time" to consider the "sizeable and complex" report before she accepted it "as finalised".
In response to Mr O’Dowd's parliamentary question which asked when the report would be completed and published, she said she would "seek to balance the need for expediency and assurance as to the quality of the report".
The HSE hired the consultancy firm Acrux to investigate the running of the Nursing Home following a protected disclosure and over 20 Covid-related deaths at the facility during the first wave of the pandemic.
Investigators were asked to produce findings with conclusions as to whether the disclosed wrongdoings occurred or are occurring at the home.
In early April, the whistleblower asked through Solicitor Caoimhe Haughey that a copy of the preliminary report be made available.
Acrux said, having...
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