Ms Camille Loftus:

Regarding certain cohorts, we would all be able to sit down and say, as the Cathaoirleach would, what benefits someone might be entitled to as an older person. We can link those up and ask explicitly for consent in that regard to make sure that we are doing that right. The place I would most like to see it deployed is in the development of more home care options. It has huge potential in that regard. After the horrors of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme that we saw earlier this year, I am reminded that no one has ever said, "I cannot wait to go to the nursing home." Nobody has ever said that and nobody wants to be there. We all want to be at home. The HSE is making good steps in that regard. We hope that the budget will resource it to continue to make those steps. This type of technology could be really valuable and useful in that regard, including on the safeguarding of patients themselves.