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".