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

We know from the 2011 memo. This is not new information that was brought to the Department in the past week. It was well known across the Department that there was a potential outlay of €360 million. That figure had to be identified somewhere. It was identified because someone assessed the number of institutions concerned. Does Mr. Watt have available for us today that information on the number of institutions as well as the number of patients who, had they known and applied, would have been awarded payments? These are institutions for people in care who in many instances have profound disabilities and were essentially robbed by Governments of their moneys. Governments subsequently accepted that but did not let them know, which is the most scandalous aspect of the nursing home revelations of recent weeks.