Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Yes, and I thank Deputy Devlin for facilitating me. I have an oral parliamentary question that I hope to ask in the House.

I thank the witnesses for attending. I know this is Mr. Reid’s second time at an Oireachtas committee that I am aware of this week, and the same goes for Ms O'Connor. I am sure they need it like a hole in the head considering the work they have to do, so we appreciate that. However, parliamentary oversight is important, and arguably more important at this time than ever.

I want to go back to the issue regarding the differential in fees between the publicly and privately provided care facilities. Notwithstanding all of the other understandable issues Ms O'Connor has mentioned, I gather from Mr. Reid’s opening remarks that salary differentials are a big factor. Is that fair?