Mr. Éamonn Donnelly:

The Deputy asked whether what happened in the nursing home sector could happen in this sector. It could, but it would not if we all were to get on board the Sláintecare bus; it is as simple as that. It would be treated as a different type of citizen's right and would be delivered in that way. In the nursing home sector it happened almost by degree and death by a thousand cuts because the for-profit organisations were lurking around looking for this type of business. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but this is a profit-making industry, and we should not allow that to happen.