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Nursing Home Subvention Report - Fine Gael seeks compensation for elderly and families unlawfully treated by the state
Deputy Paul McGrath stated that Fine Gael has tabled a motion for debate in the Dáil this week on the Ombudsman’s Report on Nursing Home Subventions. This motion calls on the Minister for Health to take immediate steps to compensate those who were unlawfully treated by the State between 1988 and 1999.
"This is an extraordinary catalogue of bad practice and financial impropriety for which the Department of Health has failed to take appropriate action, " said Deputy McGrath.
The text of the motion is as follows:
That Dáil Éireann:
- condemns the prolonged and systematic improper extraction of money from vulnerable old people in need of nursing home care and from their families by health boards, with the full knowledge of the Department of Health and Children.
- notes the flouting of legislation enacted by the Oireachtas and the trauma and distress caused to families by such attitudes which have been starkly outlined in the Ombudsman’s report on Nursing Home Subventions, and the failure of the Department of Health and Children to respond promptly and fully to the Ombudsman, and calls on the Minister for Health and Children to take immediate steps to set up a mechanism to ensure that compensation is promptly paid in cases where people were unlawfully treated during the years 1988 to 1999.
"I will be further raising this matter at the Midland Health Board on Thursday next with 10 questions and a motion," said Deputy McGrath.
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