Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail)

Sorry, screening for the Israeli military and if they are former members of the military who are coming in. That is worthy of a very specific Commencement matter. It would be difficult to get the Minister for a two-hour debate on that but it is certainly worthy of a Commencement matter. It is also worthy of raising in the foreign affairs committee too.

Senator O'Reilly spoke about the RTÉ exposé on nursing homes. Certainly, it was heartbreaking to watch it and we have heard quite a bit on our airwaves since. We have to do everything to ensure our loved ones who are entering later stages of their lives have everything that will give them the dignity they deserve. Of course, it is not always older people. We have a significant number of people under 60 who are living in nursing homes too. There have to be concerns about HIQA and how long it has taken to act on this. We will have statements in the House next Tuesday with the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, who is the relevant Minister of State, on the nursing homes issue. I support the Senator's call about the adult safeguarding legislation and I have raised it myself. It absolutely needs to be implemented.

The Senator spoke about the fact that money had run out in Cavan County Council, but there was money allocated last week to all local authorities to help support older people and those with disabilities. There was top-up funding awarded last week.