Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is one of the issues that is happening, where the Department seems to have a particular problem making decisions on issues until such time as there is a challenge and then we are all on deck trying to resolve the issue. Likewise, on the issues relating to the private nursing home cases, none of them were actually dealt with other than that they were settled. There was not an overall decision by the Department as to how they would deal with it. It was a case of prolonging the process rather than trying to come to a conclusive decision on it.