Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will not be able to let Dr. MacLellan contribute. We are under strict instructions here and we are working to a tight schedule as well. I am thinking of the health and safety of staff here.

Thank you for your contributions this morning. I also wish to associate the committee with the messages of condolence. I offer thanks to you and all your staff, as you are working with the most vulnerable in society. We will return to the issue with HIQA, which is developing new oversight proposals for nursing homes. The suggestion of the vaccination of new residents is something we will follow up. We will also examine the implementation update for the expert panel report. Mr. Daly will be following up on the fair deal proposals with the Minister.

Again, thank you for your contributions. There is a great deal of information that we need to assess. Hopefully, we will move forward on many of the issues highlighted.

The committee will meet again in public session next Tuesday, 9 February, at 10 a.m. when we will discuss an update on protection and support for Covid-19 front-line healthcare workers with representatives of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, the Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, who will make presentations to the committee.

There will be a private meeting of the committee at 3.30 p.m. today.