Rónán Mullen (Independent)

I thank the Minister of State for her response. I know she is a caring person. Senator Bradford's motivating speech encouraging her to consider her legacy may partly explain the flexibility she has shown. I welcome and appreciate her commitment to examine the use of the plural form.

On the guidelines which will be subject to examination by HIQA, will appendix A of the HIQA nursing home regulations as it relates to the minimum data set be implemented in full? This will be necessary if the individual's needs are to be addressed in full and the detail recorded in such a way as to allow the data to be entered into a system and used to assess our performance at national and international level.