Mr. Tadhg Daly:

The Deputy highlighted two issues. It is fair to acknowledge that on 4 April that was announced. We were very disappointed it was not backdated to 1 March, as the Deputy said. There are two issues here. There is an element of that scheme which talks about outbreak assistance, so there is extra funding, which is very positive, for those that had an outbreak. We would argue as well that those who spent considerable moneys to keep a nursing home Covid-free, in some respects, are not being recognised by the fact that the additional funding, in part C of that particular scheme, is only for those who had an outbreak. We were disappointed with the level of engagement by the National Treatment Purchase Fund at a very early stage.