Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2005
183 Mr. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if and when a refund will be made in respect of pension paid to a nursing home by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7013/05]
View answerMy Department is studying the Supreme Court judgment on repayment of charges for publicly-funded long-term residential care in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment. A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and me has been established to consider the issue of repayment in light of the judgment. Full details of a repayment scheme will be announced as soon as possible and it is the intention to make repayments as automatic as possible.
