Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:

What Ms McGowan has said is the picture. We have a conference coming up in May and are currently accepting motions from our delegates. The salary for nurses is very modest and the cost of living increases have extraordinarily affected their ability to live in Dublin, particularly, while Cork and Galway are not far behind. Also the price of rent is just the same as it is for everybody else living in a big city. In the nurses' view, it has not been taken into account that essential workers must live near where they work. They would be looking for essential workers to be considered when zoning legislation, particularly, is being considered, for example around the new children's hospital. We are going to need significant numbers of staff to come and live in Dublin city. We simply will not have accommodation that is affordable for them. There is a massive issue right across the cost and availability of accommodation and the very modest salaries. We either increase the salaries or we provide subsidised accommodation, or both.