Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the here and now, this scandal continues with patients being charged for wound dressings, ointment creams, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and other basic entitlements. The Department has done nothing. Neither the Department nor the HSE has acted and this is ongoing on a daily basis. Does Mr. Watt agree with the proposal set out in that FOI response? What will he do? The HSE could not give a damn. If it did, it would have acted. It is back to the elderly and the most vulnerable being ripped off. In fact, families, when they raised the issue with nursing homes, were told they could take their mother or father elsewhere if they did not like it. That is what they are up against. They expect either the HSE or policy to protect them. The Department has failed again. This is happening today and it will happen tomorrow and the day after that. What will be done about it, finally?