Mr. Robert Watt:

That is obviously a policy matter. The Ombudsman encompasses the whole issue of nursing homes. HIQA is very much involved, as the Deputy will know, in the regulation of the sector. The Government is committed to a commission on care to look at a whole variety of issues around the quality of care, the nature of care, the sustainability of the fair deal and so on. I am sure the commission on care could consider that issue.