Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

That is the purpose of the value-for-money review. The Secretary General has addressed the information issue. There was difficulty in getting information. The HSE has certainly provided all the information it has been asked for, as far as I am aware.

The HSE understands that an agreement has been reached with Nursing Homes Ireland about private nursing home data. Deputy Catherine Murphy is absolutely correct that it is only when comparable, quality data is compared to a process that has an independent chair, which this process does, that we will end up getting real understandings as to which of the differences are appropriate and which may need to be adjusted over time.