Mr. David Walsh:

The capacity of the safeguarding teams to function, particularly in recent months, has been compromised by virtue of the disease. The HSE is currently working on a revised policy to address some of the areas of learning for the future on safeguarding. It is a huge area that warrants further consideration of how we operate within that hybrid model of public, voluntary and private to ensure the rights of residents, no matter what their care setting is, are looked after.