David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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They made HIQA aware of the issues, however. I wanted to set that out very clearly at the start because accountability is important and families feel very let down by HIQA, as a regulator, and the Government. I have spoken to many of them.

I want to ask Ms Fitzgerald about the changing nature of nursing homes because we now have what I would consider to be a large number of multinational companies operating in this space. The multinational in question, Emeis, is a very complex legal entity, with 25 nursing homes and 19 companies. Does regulating Emeis as a corporate body, as opposed to the individual companies, present a challenge to HIQA?