Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The standards of care are set by geriatricians who design them to achieve the best level of care. That is what takes place in all private nursing homes. While the Health Service Executive does not run this particular home because it is not a public facility, its involvement in examining the issues raised by "Prime Time" is appropriate. In future, the inspector will be independent of the HSE. However, the HSE put in place in the home today appropriate staff and services to deal with the problems highlighted.

I opened the Leas Cross home in 1998 and it was a new building then. It has obviously had a few extensions since then.

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