Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health
Mr. Robert Watt:
Yes. Obviously if the administrative system does something but does not in retrospect have the legal effect of doing that, that is a problem. That is what led to this. There is a big difference here. There is also the fact, which the Chair will be better aware of than me, that times are very different in so many respects in terms of the nature of the State, the role of the State, the obligations of the State and the capacity of the State. We are talking about the 1970s and 1980s here. It is a very different world. I do not disagree with the Chair's comments.
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