Sinn Fein and SDLP react to the Health Minister's care homes announcement

Last year the story that we covered of the 18 care homes set for closure under 'transforming your care'. At the time we spoke to 92 year old Jean Faulkner who was going to have to leave her care home Health Minister Edwin Poots has now confirmed that all 18 care homes will stay open and that existing residents will be allowed to remain in their home for as long as they wish and so long as their needs can continue to be met. Sinn Fein's Maeve McLaughlin and Fearghal McKinney from the SDLP react to the news