Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

——that those in Government care were governed by inadequate legislation. It also stated the principle was accepted that those in long-term care should contribute to the cost of their maintenance from their incomes but the legislation gave rise to anomalies and inequities in these charges. It promised to amend the legislation to provide a clearer and fairer basis for these contributions.

The Fine Gael-Labour coalition Government was charged with implementing that strategy.

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