Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Good. The issue for me really is that this is a very important test case. The Department has issued regulations in regard to multi-occupancy rooms covering the period to 2021. There are many other regulations also. We discussed this matter here and we did so at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts for different reasons, concerning the spending of money. The point, however, is that the Director General will, depending on how this materialises and comes through the process, face Armageddon when it comes to the provision of beds, particularly public nursing home beds, across the country.

I support the HSE in what it is doing. What it is doing is correct. Obviously, there are many lessons to be learned from the HSE in this process also. They have been learned. I support the HSE in what it is doing.