Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will open with the issue of bringing public nursing homes up to standard, particularly now because of Covid and the challenges that it has posed. I understand that 122 HSE public nursing homes were required to meet a certain standard by 2015 and that an extension was granted for six years, bringing the deadline to December 2021. What is the updated position on those 122 HSE community hospitals or nursing homes? How many of them will be up to standard by December 2021? If they will not be up to standard, what proposals are there for dealing with the issue?