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Up to 20 nursing home charges cases could result in further liabilities – Watt

Up to 20 nursing home charges cases could result in further liabilities – Watt

Wed, 15 Feb, 2023

The Oireachtas Health Committee was told there had been no new cases taken since 2013 and that the last case had been settled in 2017.

Report on state legal strategy ‘conflates cost containment with public interest’

Report on state legal strategy ‘conflates cost containment with public interest’

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

The Social Democrats criticised the Attorney General’s report on the state’s legal approach to redress as ‘incredibly blinkered’.

Legal strategy on nursing home charges is ‘appropriate’, says Attorney General

Legal strategy on nursing home charges is ‘appropriate’, says Attorney General

Tue, 07 Feb, 2023

Pressure has been mounting on the Government to explain the state’s legal strategy.

Varadkar: State ‘didn’t have leg to stand on’ over withheld disability payments

Varadkar: State ‘didn’t have leg to stand on’ over withheld disability payments

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

But the Taoiseach said the issue is ‘different in substance’ to the nursing home charges story.

Varadkar backs ‘legitimate legal strategy’ by State over nursing home charges

Varadkar backs ‘legitimate legal strategy’ by State over nursing home charges

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

A report on the issue from the Attorney General is to be published next week after being submitted to Cabinet.

Attorney General to look into State’s strategy on illegal nursing home charges

Attorney General to look into State’s strategy on illegal nursing home charges

Mon, 30 Jan, 2023

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he was not among the senior government figures who had seen a 2011 memo detailing the legal strategy.

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