8 Oct 2020
This Committee was established to consider and take evidence on the State’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Committee published its final report and laid it before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 8 October 2020.

Latest report
Final report
The Committee has published its final report. The report examines the State’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as it evolved since early 2020. It highlights areas requiring ongoing oversight and accountability. These will now fall to be undertaken by the various sectoral joint committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Recent videos

Wed, 30 Sep 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Topic: Update on the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19. Stephen Donnelly TD, Minister for Health

Tue, 29 Sep 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Topic: Update on testing and tracing and the rising incidence of Covid-19 in the State

Wed, 23 Sep 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Topic: Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19. Strategic options for using the Government Plan to eliminate community transmission of Covid - 19 in Ireland
Recent press releases
9 Oct 2020, 09.45
Final report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 is published
29 Sep 2020, 19.39
Minister for Health, Acting Chief Medical Officer and NPHET experts before Oireachtas Covid-19 Committee
28 Sep 2020, 17.30
Oireachtas Covid-19 Committee to meet with with HSE chief Paul Reid and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly this week
Recent documents
Wed, 30 Sep
Submission, Aine Lynch, CEO, National Parents Council Primary, SCC19R-R-0297
Wed, 30 Sep
Submission, Nick Henderson, Irish Refugee Council, SCC19R-R-0069
Wed, 30 Sep
Submission, Dr. Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children, SCC19R-R-0096
All reports published by the Comittee
Fri, 9 Oct 2020
Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response SCCR004
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response final report and recommendations
Wed, 5 Aug 2020
Interim Report on Testing and Tracing SCCR003
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Interim report on the testing and tracing regime put in place to deal with cases of Covid-19 in Ireland
Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Interim report on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes SCCR002
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Interim report on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes
Fri, 17 Jul 2020
Stimulating Enterprise and the Economy SCCR001
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Report on Stimulating Enterprise and the Economy
Committee contact details
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
D02 XR20
Press Officer
Petrina Vousden
+353 (0) 1 618 3437
+353 (0) 85 8745 295
petrina.vousden@oireachtas.ie