Mr. Liam Woods:

Senator Colm Burke spoke about Nursing Homes Ireland, NHI, and I am surprised at that statement. I know that officials from our social care division meet representatives of the NHI. In the eastern part of the country we are running a bed bureau where we receive lists on an ongoing basis of beds that are available. Through that bed bureau we constantly look to connect hospitals and community services with potential nursing home or indeed transitional care spaces for patients. I would need to look at the statement and discuss it with my colleagues on the social care side. It would surprise me that there would not be such dialogue. If the NHI is saying that-----