David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Daly also said - this is one of the most telling contributions of his opening statement - that key State organisations left the nursing home sector and its residents isolated in those early days and "the dismay will live forever with us." That is a very strong statement. It strikes me that Mr. Daly was very disappointed and angry with the State actors that they did not respond. Despite all of the telephone calls, emails and other correspondence and the yellow and red flags being raised, the organisation and its members and residents of nursing homes were not given the human and financial resources that they required because there was an absence of a plan. Would that be a fair assessment of what Mr. Daly was getting at in that sentence of his opening statement?