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

No. To deal with that specific issue, I know of people in Cork University Hospital, CUH, who are looking for a bed. This is not a private nursing home but a HSE facility. Beds in public nursing homes are costing €1,600 per week on average whereas the real cost in a hospital is approximately €8,000. Heather House has empty beds and does not have full staffing in place while beds are occupied in CUH that could be freed up for people waiting for elective surgery, surgery that is being cancelled. Is it not now time to look at this?