Mr. Tadhg Daly:

The very important point I was making was that when people cross the threshold of a private nursing home, they do not lose their entitlement to services but the availability of services is highly restricted. For example, the provision of occupational therapy or physiotherapy to a person in the community is given a higher priority. In regard to persons in a nursing home, we have letters on file from the HSE stating that it does not provide services-----