He told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that the situation was regularised with legislation in 2005, to provide for charges in publicly funded nursing homes and with the establishment of a repayment scheme to refund charges that had been paid before 2005.
Mr Watt said that the consistent position was that it was not the policy intent of Government at that time for public monies to be used in this way. He said it had been the long-standing policy that these people should make some contribution to the cost of their long-term care. We need your consent to load this Oireachtas TV contentWe use Oireachtas TV to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
But LeoVaradkar said it was a sound policy?...