Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

To some degree the HSE did engage in overkill on the matter because it tried to implement standards that had not been signed off. The HSE was on autopilot and when that goes wrong one must be concerned as to what could happen. It is the Minister's job to ensure that these things do not happen.

The Minister has not yet signed off on some of the standards that are being employed in nursing homes across the country, though she had a press conference on them with the usual grandiose statements.

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