Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that as it relates to the model of care but my question related specifically to the continuation of nursing home care. There will be some element of that, and hopefully a reduced one, but questions arise about the role of the State and private sector, tax breaks and all of that kind of thing. I was curious to know whether any of that work has started.

What is the level of financial support currently being provided to private sector nursing homes? Our guests said that there is approximately €39 million in the support fund and talked about providing residential accommodation for hundreds of vulnerable workers in the nursing home sector. I presume there are other costs involved in the provision of personal protective equipment, PPE. Do our guests have a total cost for the level of financial support being provided to private sector nursing homes?