Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Daly says in his submission to us:

Key State organisations left the nursing home sector and its residents isolated in those early days. The dismay will live forever with us.

I will come to Mr. Taylor as well on this, but could Mr. Daly briefly describe the impact of having to deal in this environment not just with the deaths that happen but also with caring for those patients? I refer to the impact that this has had on the residents and the staff and the fact that so many opportunities were missed. The staff and the residents were on the front line without as much as the comfort of their families, who were waiting outside.