Ms Susan Cliffe:

Of those, 30 are stand-alone centres and 69 are of the conditions are on HSE centres. The majority are not corporate entities. They are not the bigger groups if that is what the Senator means by corporate entities. Of the centres with a condition, 52 are HSE, one is a HSE-funded section 38 or 39 centre and private providers are 42. Of those 42, some 23 are stand-alone. It shows it does not matter whether it is a private provider, HSE or section 38- or 39-funded. There is one regulatory framework for them all and there is one approach to the regulation of all the nursing homes.