Mr. Jim Breslin:

On nursing homes, the Deputy asked about the meeting with the HSE CEO. The CEO will be before the committee later, but I understand that people touched base on the kind of preparations that the HSE was putting in place and Nursing Homes Ireland on its preparations and they agreed to keep in touch and provide the support to each other over the period. I can speak at more length about nursing homes generally but that is the position on the specific question.

I will ask Dr. Holohan to comment more.