David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

That is it, yes. This measure affects the most vulnerable people in our society.

My other question is concerned with those who have intellectual disabilities, in nursing homes and such places, and for whom we made arrangements here that moneys would be repaid to them under the nursing homes scheme. There were major problems with that, however, and many of those people have not been able to access this finance. In this regard, it is possible the mental capacity Bill will help such people. It is impossible to get answers in any other way. These are very vulnerable people who cannot get the money that was taken from them illegally.

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