Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

An awful lot of figures are being thrown around in regard to the industry and, as was said, everything from the voluntary right through to large corporates are involved. Given there has been an issue in terms of being prepared for this across the State, would Mr. Daly consider the setting up of a pandemic or crisis fund within the nursing homes sector, which he represents? I am referring to a sort of sinking fund into the future for those that can pay, and they would pay in so there would be a fund that could be drawn upon if there is a second or further wave of this crisis. This would mean that for those few weeks that were spent with the HSE, getting responses and not getting responses, it would not have to be such an issue because there would be that reserve, which would come from the nursing homes' own resources.