Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to yield three to the Chair.

There is a huge array of recommendations here and I will focus on those on visiting nursing homes. The first recommendation in that section refers to balancing personal freedoms and public health measures. However, in the plan published yesterday, it seems clear that at a particular point in the scale, there will be suspension of nursing home visits. In the second recommendation in that section, there is reference to additional facilities. Has consideration been given to how we would do that? How, for example, would a large number of private operators be supported in doing that? We do not want to waste much-needed public resources. How can we ensure we continue to have visits to nursing homes in what might be an extended level 3 period in Dublin or any other county?