Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Minister that we do not want a dragged out process where, at the end of the day, it is the barristers and solicitors who are enriched. The special Oireachtas committee on this issue recommended that a public inquiry take place. That committee had a lot of respect and was thorough in its investigation of events, particularly in the first 14 months.

The other question that has to be answered concerns the composition of nursing homes in Ireland. Twenty years ago, they were 80% public but that is now reversed. The composition is unhealthy. It would seem private nursing homes were not equipped for this outbreak. The pandemic killed more than 1,000 people in the first 14 months in that environment. Systematic mistakes were made in regard to all the deaths that took place.

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