Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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That will determine how we make decisions. I am very conscious about something being privileged or confidential but this is beyond that now. Mr. McEnery was before the committee as chair of HIQA who attended a meeting about which there is now a dispute. There are serious questions. Mr. McEnery and the HIQA board apparently think there is no conflict of interest. Whether there is or not is a question for the committee. If there is a conflict of interest then one is not in a position to get value for money. To be clear, where we come in is on the conflict of interest.

I fully support Deputy McDonald on the nursing homes. There is a bigger issue here. We are now in a position where more than 80% of our nursing homes are private, without any discussion or looking at the many issues around it. I support that, we need to do it.