Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses will be aware that at the start of the Covid pandemic many private nursing homes had to buy PPE.

They were not being supplied by the State. Subsequently, the State gave them support moneys but this was based on capitation grants and did not cover private patients in nursing homes. I hope this has been rectified at this stage and that in future there is modelling to provide PPE to private nursing homes. When I last engaged with them they had adequate amounts but that was based on very low rates of infection. Is there a pathway to ensure there will not be a delay and that the cost will be subvented to some degree?