That has not happened at the level that was agreed. On nursing homes, we have the HIQA report and I am sure we have all read it. The good news is that it found that the vast majority of nursing homes were green. They were in compliance across the various measures that were looked at, be it governance, capacity or ability to respond. There were, however, usually between 2% and 3% that were marked red and 2% or 3% that were marked as yellow, where they were not yet ready. We are working with the HSE, HIQA and the Department to see what needs to be done quickly to ensure that that small number get the supports they need. On top of that, I have written to HIQA. The HIQA report was on nursing homes that did not have Covid outbreaks. I wrote last week to ask HIQA to do the same analysis for the nursing homes that have had Covid outbreaks. It could not do so to begin with for infection control reasons. We need the same report for exactly that.

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