Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On Deputy O'Dowd's comments earlier, I met some of NHI's members in March. As somebody who has been involved in trying to help the HSE to source PPE through contacts that I have, I am well aware of the cost of PPE and of what was being paid by some of NHI's members and the difficulties getting it. I do not think Deputy O'Dowd was quite clear in highlighting the fact that NHI members are not being paid for those purchases made back in early March. That needs to be put on the record because at the moment the record reflects that is not the case when, in fact, NHI members have not been paid.

I wish to ask Mr. Daly about recruitment. Would Mr. Daly say it was a difficulty for the sector that the HSE was actively targeting healthcare personnel for recruitment, and that they were coming from some of the homes of NHI members?