Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Presumably, Mr. Daly can set his own policies for his sector. I find it hard to believe that he would be precluded from having safe ratios as regards nurses to residents.

I will list the other questions I have for him and perhaps he could answer them together. What is the policy in Mr. Daly's sector on staff moving between nursing homes? How much of the €72 million support fund has been drawn down to date, and what have his members been using that support money for in the main?

I refer to the transfer of patients from acute hospitals, which we know should have happened anyway. We should not have large numbers of older people in acute hospitals when they do not need to be there. Mr. Daly identified this as the source of the virus in nursing homes. The CMO disputes that. Does Mr. Daly have data to support his contention?