Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

It is misleading. We have a programme of legislation which refers to one Bill relating to the elderly. It concerns nursing home subventions, which is welcome, but that is all we have. Yesterday, I raised the very important issue of the repayments to elderly people who were robbed of money by the State over a lengthy period and who are getting older by the day. The Taoiseach was characteristically vague yesterday as to what would happen to that legislation. It is the Tánaiste's responsibility. Do we have a guarantee from her, notwithstanding that it is absent from the section on legislation, that this legislation will come before the House this term to ensure people can get their money back to which they are entitled?

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