Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The basic premise is that nobody has a monopoly of wisdom on what is the right thing to do. They are people who just want to be heard in a forum that is more complete in order that they are not potentially operating in a vacuum where one partner states it needs to discuss an issue with another. I have discussed the matter with Nursing Home Ireland and understand from where it is coming. Therefore, in the interests of completeness, I will certainly have the conversation on the Senator's behalf and progress the matter within the Department and the HSE to see if we can work out the detail of how it would work, be it a forum, a round table discussion or a biannual meeting. We must ensure people's voices will be heard on a more regular basis in a more complete setting where every voice will be represented at the table at a given time in order that answers will be more readily available to them.