Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will put my hands up and say I think the model is totally wrong. When we went down the road of private, for-profit nursing homes, it was a problem. We have set up structures to try to monitor that but it is the wrong model. I live in Galway. Ms Cliffe mentioned Aperee Living Galway. Aperee is also in Waterford and other places. When those places close down because they are no longer fit for purpose and no longer make a profit, the health executive must move in. Is that not right? That comes at a cost to the public, which is never factored into the cost at all.

People are left. I remember going back in Galway and Oughterard and there is a whole list of places that have closed or have been in trouble in the city and county. Suddenly, public health nurses and doctors have to go in and sort out the mess on public money that has never been factored in. I am just saying that for what it is worth. It is very difficult to watch it all of the time. Has the one in Galway run by Aperee closed?