Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. I have a number of questions but I will ask them quickly. Nursing homes have been mentioned many times in the debate on this issue over the past six months and there has been implied criticism. We all have nursing homes in our constituencies, both public and private ones, and without exception the quality and standard of service provision are excellent. From my experience, I certainly could not point the finger at anybody. Like everyone else here, I deal with the nursing and management staff fairly regularly. One can gauge from the opinions one gets that they do their utmost to give the best possible quality of service.

Have public or private nursing homes been in a better or worse situation in the pandemic, given that it was identified from the outset that nursing homes would be vulnerable for two reasons, namely, congregation and age profile?