Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power has put short-term measures in place today, namely, the nursing home will operate under new management and professional staff will be put in place. Are any other steps being taken? What, for example, is the purpose of calling in the Garda Síochána and what kind of inquiry is it undertaking?

Does the Taoiseach accept that not only were patients stripped of their normal human dignity but their lives were put at risk? The fact that a patient in the home had MRSA and neither staff nor patients were protected from the spread of that infection is unbelievable.

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