Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas arís leis an gCathaoirleach. I will follow on from a point made by Mr. Watt, which has been repeated by several officials and Government Ministers. It relates to the Government having accepted the legal basis of medical card holders in private nursing homes. We can have a debate in respect of that. That is not the case when we are dealing with the long-term residential care homes operating under sections 38 and 39 organisations because, essentially, the State did make payments to 515 people. In essence, that means the Government and Department have accepted the legal basis for their claims. Would it be correct to say that?