David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses. I want to use my time as productively as I can. I want to start with Mr. Quinn.

Obviously, if Mr. Quinn needs to refer to his colleagues that is fine but, in terms of a fluid conversation, if Mr. Quinn has the answers, he himself might reply.

I want to focus in on the powers of enforcement and regulation and the area of accountability when it comes to nursing homes and care homes. First, would it be the view of Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, that its powers of enforcement are a blunt instrument?