Health officials are being used as the “fall guy” for unpopular decisions on COVID, according to the Clare-based chair of the Oireachtas coronavirus committee.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting today, as concerns grow over new cases among older people.
70 people over the age of 75 have contracted the disease in the past two weeks – compared to none up to the end of August.
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COVID committee chair and Scariff Independent TD, Michael McNamara, thinks health officials are in a difficult position.