Sinn Féin and Labour want facts established around State’s legal strategy since 2011 to limit refunds of nursing home fees charged to public patients over 30-year period
The internal records published in the newspaper report came from a protected disclosure by Department of Health whistleblower Shane Corr, who first revealed information about contentious internal practices around the handling of litigation against the State almost two years ago.
Estimates within the files reportedly put the potential claims at €12 billion relating to patients with medical cards who were improperly charged in public nursing homes over a 30-year period and patients who had to pay for private nursing home care because no public beds were available. “All of the documents that are referenced in this report need to be immediately published and any other relevant documents. There needs to be full transparency. That’s the only way in which we can establish the facts,” he told The Irish Times. “There needs to be a very transparent process here, no foot-dragging. This shouldn’t be one of those issues where we have to drag information out of the Government.
Up to 2005, health boards were required to provide long-stay care to medical card holders free of charge.
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