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

I appreciate that because I know there is a lot of work involved in getting any project like this up and running. It is a very detailed project. I fully understand that. However, I will come back to the issue of step-down facilities. This really needs to be looked at. How can we get people out of hospital faster? How can we get the HSE to engage with the private nursing homes that have beds? The private nursing homes are saying that, in some cases, because of the challenges they face with people being discharged, they require extra support and what they get under the fair deal scheme is not adequate to support the care that people need.