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

I thank all of our witnesses. Some disturbing evidence was heard today about what was happening in nursing homes. The idea of waiting years for powers to investigate neglect and abuse is concerning. I hear what the witnesses are saying in that we are in a process that is dealing with that. There will be recommendations coming from the committee that we need to act on that much more swiftly.

The committee will meet again in public session on Tuesday, 30 March at 9.30 a.m., when it will get a briefing on the administration of the medical card scheme, with officials from the Department of Health and the HSE presenting to the committee.

I apologise again for the glitches and difficulties of a technical nature we have had with the meeting.