Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:

I must specifically comment on unpaid student nurses, with 3,200 of them currently on clinical placement. They are being used as workers because rosters are just so short.

They are being used as workers because the rosters are so short. They are also being exposed to the virus and they have no comeback in respect of sick leave or protection. They are living in shared accommodation. It is absolutely exploitative and unacceptable. This committee should make a comment on that today.