Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

That is useful. The NTPF might come back to the committee on it.

I want to ask a question about nursing homes. We had a number of hearings regarding very significant concerns. I see a gap in the system here, where, essentially, the NTPF establishes the price, the HSE procures the service and HIQA establishes the minimum standards. A clear failure to deliver was evident in some of the coverage in the RTÉ programme. Payments were made for services and the services were not delivered to a satisfactory standard. As the procurer, is there a role for the NTPF in ensuring that the State gets the delivery docket, as it were, to the effect that it has received a service? While HIQA has a responsibility for establishing minimum standards, it clearly tells us that it is not responsible for the procurement element. Is there a gap between the NTPF establishing the price and HIQA establishing minimum standards?