Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. It strikes me that they are overstretched and understaffed, particularly if I consider the range of activities in which they are involved. Perhaps I might come back to the range of activities that has increased. All of us have just received a letter from Tallaght hospital, at which HIQA carried out a statutory inquiry in 2011 and 2017. As I only have a few minutes, I will not read it out but the letter is an absolutely appalling reflection. HIQA did a very good inquiry. There is reference to people on trolleys, with the oldest aged 77. I may come back to sanctions and follow-up, and where energy and staff should be directed. That is instead of them being spread so widely, from inspections of disability services, old person and nursing homes and down to checking whether doctors and dentists in Galway and elsewhere are washing their hands. That is low on the list of criteria. What rent is being paid by HIQA now?