Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The House will have plenty of time to debate the details but what is wrong with the current system, according to the detailed document which the Minister of Health and Children published the other day, is that although only 4.6% of people over the age of 65 are in nursing homes, a sizeable number of those have had to use their entire savings and assets, including a property, to access comparatively low levels of accommodation.

See this speech in context