Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I thank Mr. O'Brien. That is very clear. The point is that in the absence of a policy direction, the HSE has gone in a direction that has led to 79% of nursing home beds being private beds. That has happened without any policy. It has just gone in that direction. Mr. O'Brien's explanation for the reduction in the number of public nursing home beds is that HIQA has imposed limits on the number of patients in a room and demanded the provision of en suite facilities, etc. Is that right?