Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Ombudsman's Report on Nursing Home Care: Discussion with Department of Health

4:35 pm

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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In the Secretary General's opening statement he says it is a case of the views of the Department on one side and that of the Ombudsman on the other. Has a case ever been taken where it has gone to court and a ruling been made as to what the law is as opposed to a view from either side?