Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health

Mr. Robert Watt:

I believe there is a possibility and I do not know if it is a strong possibility. This issue was well flagged and discussed within the legal community who were involved in taking these cases. There were other cases taken outside of these institutions which went to the High Court and were not successful. If one thinks about this for a second, as I understand it - Deputy Colm Burke knows more about this than I do - there were a number of firms involved here who were looking at this issue, taking cases and exploring the possibility of taking cases. It is hard to see, if one stands back and looks at this relatively fresh now, how there would be thousands of potential cases out there which were missed during that period, given that a number of firms had quite an active litigation strategy. Perhaps, it was just that time elapsed and it is more complex-----

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