Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Now, that is for the disability issue and that is separate. What I am looking for is information concerning the nursing homes. I think it is an outrage that Mr. Watt is not prepared to give us that figure here at this committee today. So be it, he is not. If Mr. Watt had been Secretary General back then, would he have agreed to settle these cases? I ask this because if we were to extend the logic that he does not believe anything was done, essentially, and there is not great liability existing, does Mr. Watt think it was the right strategy to settle these cases? If Mr. Watt were to go back in time and this matter was on his desk, would he have settled these cases or would he have gone to court and made the case for the State? What would his logic have been?