Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)

I am not trying to appear dismissive of that. I am just saying a person with a loved one in their 70s, 80s or 90s does not have the time to see the big, grand change we all desire.

I will move on because time is tight. It was stated earlier that there are over 10,700 beds owned by 15 private companies or corporate entities. Is that system sustainable? I know from the witnesses' figures that it is not necessarily the private ones that are the offenders. It was said there were 95 with restrictive conditions out of around 500 nursing homes nationwide. That is a fifth of all nursing homes, private and public, with some kind of infraction.