Problems accessing cooking and laundry facilities have been reported by some healthcare workers availing of a temporary accommodation scheme operated by the Health Service Executive during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The scheme was put in place in April to assist healthcare workers who could not continue to live where they were, due to the risk of spreading Covid-19, for example if they lived with someone who was vulnerable, or if they shared accommodation with non-family members.
At the time there was a particular concern around healthcare workers who lived in Direct Provision centres and who worked in nursing homes, with both settings experiencing clusters of Covid-19.