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

We need to make sure there is full compliance with regulation, but for that to happen we need to make sure there is adequate funding. We can easily fall into the problem where a private facility suddenly finds itself with its back to the wall and shortcuts can be taken. For instance, a number of facilities have closed down in the last eight to ten months because they felt they could no longer provide the standard of care.

It is important that the standard of care should always be the priority. They felt that they could not longer do that on the basis of the support that they were getting.