Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It would be remiss of me not to mention St. Brigid's Nursing Home. It is on the edge of three of the members' constituencies, including Deputies Kenny and Durkan. It was burnt during an attack on it at the weekend. It was a centre used for women with dementia. Everyone talked about there being something special about that particular nursing home. Some people thought there was something spiritual about the place, similar to St. Luke's and cancer care. St. Brigid's was the same. Most of us have visited it. What happened to that nursing home is sad. One of the reasons patients there were moved was lack of staff but also because patients were in dormitory situations. We talked about routine. For someone who has been in a dormitory situation for ten or 20 years, that is normal life for him or her. Yet, while those patients were being moved to a situation where they would all have individual rooms, which sounds great, it does not necessarily follow that it is best for patients. Unfortunately, as a society, we have adopted this model as being the best form of care. Many of us that were involved in that campaign had a different view.

I am sorry for going on about that. I will go back to Deputy Burke. He has five minutes.