Mr. Jim Breslin:

Absolutely not. I have read faithfully and accurately what he said. We have shared the records with the committee and they do not start at the end of March. They start much earlier than that. What I would have said, if the Deputy had allowed me to finish my answer, is that the supports the sector were critical of were given in a situation where the HSE, along with every health system internationally, was seeking to mobilise supplies that were not readily available. That problem was being experienced across all sectors within the health services. The constraints in regard to PPE and testing affected the nursing home sector but were not discriminatory to that sector. It was quite the reverse and the sector was dealt with equitably.