Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman

1:15 pm

Photo of Susan O'KeeffeSusan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

My recommendation is precisely the same. We are asking the Minister to deal with the illegality of the approach rather than the specific detail of the report entitled Who Cares? An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland. This in fact should be raised on a different day. I would hate to try to deal with both of these issues at the same time because we will not get through the business. We would not be able to talk to the Minister about the illegality of the application of the motorised transport scheme, the departmental culture that the Ombudsman has outlined and the report at the same time. I recommend that we separate the issues out and have two separate conversations with the Minister. Otherwise one will get lost in the other.

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