John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the revelation that admissions have been suspended by the HSE for five nursing homes in the Dublin area, the fact that so few inspection reports are available on the Internet and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to make an immediate statement on what she knew about the state of our nursing homes, how she intends to tackle the serious problems in them and when she intends to introduce a robust and fully independent inspection system.

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