Nursing Homes Ireland CEO Tadhg Daly has said he is concerned over a memo issued by the HSE which he said orders Personal Protection Equipment to be rationed to infected nursing homes.
Speaking on RTÉ's Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra, Mr Daly said the memo says orders will be based on the number of suspected cases in a nursing home.
Mr Daly also said the issue of PPE is critical and he said there needs to be a joined up system to ensure the safety of residents in nursing homes.
Minister for Health Simon Harris said he had just spoken to the HSE which is distributing over a million pieces of PPE to nursing homes across the board.